Text, layout, and medium : documents from the Greco-Roman world between epigraphy and papyrology / Davide Amendola [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amendola, Davide, author.

Contributor:

Amendola, Davide.

Series:

Edizioni dell'Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli ; ; volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri).

Inscriptions, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Firenze, Italy : Firenze University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This volume brings together contributions from scholars across various fields to examine the intricate relationships between format, medium, and function in ancient documentary texts. Its main objective is to challenge traditional academic boundaries by bridging the gap between epigraphy and papyrology, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue. Through case studies from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity, the chapters offer fresh insights into the impact of material constraints on a wide range of document types. They also explore how layout features evolved over time and across regions in response to political, cultural, and social changes, as well as the effects these features had on readability. Overall, the volume highlights the importance of treating ancient documents as cultural objects in their own right, advocating for a more holistic approach to studying their materiality.

Contents:

Part 1. Document Types and Their Layout. On the Format and Layout of Athenian Building Accounts (Again) / Cristina Carusi

Genealogical Writing and Epigraphic Layout : Some Preliminary Remarks / Daniela Marchiandi

The Evolution of Layout in Cyrenaean Official Documents (4th-2nd Centuries BCE) / Emilio Rosamilia

The Recipient's Design: Some Notes on the Layout of Hellenistic Royal Correspondence on Stone / Alice Bencivenni

The Thin Line Between mise en page and mise en abyme: An Examination of the Layout of Multiple Letters on Papyrus (1st-6th Centuries CE) / Yasmine Amory

The Material Aspects, Palaeography, and Layout of Roman Wills from Egypt / Lucia C. Colella

The Binding Layout? On Graphic Strategies in Greek Magical Texts / Francesca Maltomini, Francesca Murano

Part 2. Trends, Habits, and Strategies. Residual or Functional? A Taxonomy of the Uses of paragraphoi in Greek Epigraphical Texts / Davide Amendola

Layout and Materiality of the Leukophryena Epigraphic Dossier in Magnesia on the Maeander : Did They Matter? / Flavio Santini

Stone to Stone. Patterns and Layouts in Re-Engraved Dedicatory Inscriptions / Leon Battista Borsano

Monumental Transformations: Two Copies of a Letter from Hadrian at Aphrodisias / Abigail Graham

Large-Letter Displayed Writings on Portable Media: Indirect and Direct Evidence from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt / Bianca Borrelli

Crossing Abbreviations, Monograms, and Symbols : Preliminary Survey of chi- rho, Staurogram, and stauros in Greek Documentary Papyri from Egypt / Nicola Reggiani

From Texts on Walls to Walls of Text: The Layout of Late Antique Greek Documents Inscribed on Architecture / Anna M. Sitz

Epigraphic Habits and Writing Conventions in Late Antique Egypt / Lucio Del Corso.

Notes:

Selected papers presented at two conferences held in Coimbra, Portugal, June 22-25, 2021, and in Florence, Italy, May 27, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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