Hellenistic bookhands
"The handbook illustrates 94 Greek literary papyrus texts from Egypt and Herculaneum and documents the different types of scripts used in copying works of Greek literature, from the earliest surviving bookrolls written in the 4th century BC up to the first century AD. The aim is…
"The handbook illustrates 94 Greek literary papyrus texts from Egypt and Herculaneum and documents the different types of scripts used in copying works of Greek literature, from the earliest surviving bookrolls written in the 4th century BC up to the first century AD. The aim is…
Biographical note: Renate Burri, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Although Ptolemy's Geography has attracted considerable interest among researchers in recent years, our understanding of its origins remains fragmented and unsatisfying. The present volume taps into the heretofore…
Examining the Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor, Illich celebrates the culture of the book from the twelfth century to the present. Hugh's work, at once an encyclopedia and guide to the art of reading, reveals a twelfth-century revolution as sweeping as that brought about by th…
Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer
Islamic archaeology in Indonesia.
