This chapter focuses on a formal feature of displayed writings on portable media from Egypt, in particular whitewashed wooden tablets and papyri, namely the use of large letters. By examining a series of case studies that indirectly or directly bear evidence of this kind of script and in the light of some new readings, I attempt to determine whether the use of large letters was influenced by document type and to what extent it fulfilled the need to improve the document’s readability and highlight certain parts of the text. Similarities to writings displayed on durable materials are also investigated.
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Titolo del capitolo
Large-Letter Displayed Writings on Portable Media: Indirect and Direct Evidence from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt
Autori
Bianca Borrelli
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0456-9.16
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Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Text, Layout, and Medium
Sottotitolo del libro
Documents from the Greco-Roman World between Epigraphy and Papyrology
Curatori
Davide Amendola, Cristina Carusi, Francesca Maltomini, Emilio Rosamilia
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
426
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0456-9
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0455-2
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0456-9
Collana
Edizioni dell’Istituto Papirologico «G. Vitelli»
ISSN della collana
2533-2414
e-ISSN della collana
2612-7997