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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sarri, Antonia (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]
Series:	Materiale Textkulturen ; 12
Subjects:	Classical letters > History and criticism. Letter writing, Classical. Briefe. Epistolografie. Epistolography. Graeco-Roman Egypt. Griechisch-Römisches Ägypten. Letters. papyrus. Papyrus. Lettres anciennes (Genre littéraire) > Histoire et critique. Correspondance ancienne. HISTORY / Ancient / General. Letter writing, Classical Classical letters Latin letters Greek letters Brief Konvention Griechisch Papyrus Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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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