Material aspects of reading in ancient and medieval cultures : materiality, presence and performance / edited by Anna Krauß, Jonas Leipziger and Friederike Schücking-Jungblut.

This publication seeks to endeavour the relationship between material artefacts and reading practices in ancient and medieval cultures. While the acts of reception of written artefacts in former times are irretrievably lost, some of the involved artefacts are preserved and might comprise hints to th...

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Other Authors: Krauß, Anna (Editor), Leipziger, Jonas (Editor), Schücking-Jungblut, Friederike, 1985- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2020]
Series:Materiale Textkulturen ; Bd. 26.
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Table of Contents:
  • Material Aspects of Reading and Material Text Cultures / Anna Krauß, Jonas Leipziger and Friederike Schücking-Jungblut ; Material Aspects of Rituals Beyond Their Instructions / Christoffer Theis ; Scribal Production and Literacy at Qumran / Lindsey A. Askin ; Scribal Habits and Scholarly Texts / Laura Quick ; Reading Psalm and Prayer Manuscripts From Qumran / Mika S. Pajunen ; Reading the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice / Friederike Schücking-Jungblut ; Reading Material Features of Qumran Tefillin and Mezuzot / Yehudah B. Cohn ; Reading an Opisthograph at Qumran / Antony Perrot ; Codices des Typs C und die Anfänge des Blätterns / Andrea Jördens ; Ancient Jewish Greek Practices of Reading and Their Material Aspects / Jonas Leipziger ; Reading Early New Testament Manuscripts / Jan Heilmann ; What Ancient Christian Manuscripts Reveal About Reading (and About Non-Reading) / Christoph Markschies ; Reading Regularly / Daniel Picus ; Encountering the Grotesque / Binyamin Y. Goldstein.