Material aspects of letter writing in the Graeco-Roman world : 500 BC - 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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Format: | E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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Berlin Boston : De Gruyter,
20. November 2017
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Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Materiale Textkulturen
Band 12 |
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Materiale Textkulturen |
Schlagworte: | Classical letters Letter writing, Classical Latin letters Greek letters HISTORY / Ancient / General Ägypten Griechisch Brief Papyrus Konvention |
Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 388 Seiten) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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