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 / / Antonia Sarri.

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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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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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Sarri, Antonia,
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
2017
Language:English
Series:Materiale Textkulturen
Physical Description:1 online resource (396 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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