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Bookrolls and Scribes in Oxyrhynchus William A. Johnson

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Close analysis of formal and conventional features of the bookrolls not only provides detailed information on the bookroll industry- but also, in turn, suggests some intriguing questions and provisional answers about the ways in which the use and function of the bookroll among ancient readers may di...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Johnson, William A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto University of Toronto Press 2016, [2016]
Series:Studies in Book and Print Culture
Subjects:
Books and reading > History > To 1500.
Books and reading > Greece > History.
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) > Egypt > Bahnasā.
Transmission of texts > Egypt > Bahnasā.
Books and reading
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
Transmission of texts
Egypt > Bahnasā
Greece
To 1500
History
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Terminology, Conventions, and Sigla
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Scribes in Oxyrhynchus: Scribal Habits, Paradosis, and the Uniformity of the Literary Roll
  • 3. Formal Characteristics of the Bookroll
  • Appendix 1. Papyri Included in the Sample
  • Appendix 2. Addenda and Corrigenda to Editions in the Sample Sets
  • Appendix 3. Resolution of Ambiguous Reconstructions
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Index of Papyri

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