Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World : c. 500 BC - c. AD 300

Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World c. 500 BC - c. AD 300

Letter writing was widespread in the Graeco-Roman world, as indicated by the large number of surviving letters and their extensive coverage of all social categories. Despite a large amount of work that has been done on the topic of ancient epistolography, material and formatting conventions have rem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Sarri, Antonia, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter 2018
[2017]
Colección:Materiale Textkulturen
Materias:
Briefe.
Epistolografie.
Epistolography.
Graeco-Roman Egypt.
Griechisch-Römisches Ägypten.
Letters.
Papyrus.
papyrus.
Brief
Konvention
Griechisch
Papyrus
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009420094606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Development of the Ancient Letter
  • 2. Evidence
  • 3. Format and Layout
  • 4. Authentication
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I: Letters in Archives
  • Appendix II: Dimensions of Letters
  • Appendix III: Letters with Handshifts
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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