ISBN:
311037174X
,
9783110371741
Language:
English
Pages:
131 S
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
Materiale Textkulturen Bd. 8
Series Statement:
Materiale Textkulturen
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Communication and materiality
DDC:
302.230935
Keywords:
Communication History To 1500
;
Writing History To 1500
;
Material culture
;
Schriftliche Kommunikation
;
Geschichte 3000 v. Chr.-1500
Abstract:
"This volume reconsiders literacy and communication in pre-modern societies, focusing especially on how material form affects the way textual artefacts are understood and interpreted. By bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines such as archaeology, medieval studies, and Islamic studies, this volume provides the specialist and non-specialist with insights on how humans express themselves through writing and material culture"--
Abstract:
"This volume reconsiders literacy and communication in pre-modern societies, focusing especially on how material form affects the way textual artefacts are understood and interpreted. By bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines such as archaeology, medieval studies, and Islamic studies, this volume provides the specialist and non-specialist with insights on how humans express themselves through writing and material culture"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Communication and materiality : communicative strategies of ruling elites from 3000 BCE through 1500 CESpreading the royal word : the (im)materiality of communication in early Mesopotamia / Christina Tsouparopoulou -- Linear B administration : the communicative aspects of written media and the organisation of the Mycenaean bureaucracy / Angeliki Karagianni -- Materiality and reality of the communication of divine will in the Sargonid period / Lisa Wilhelmi -- Written on clay and parchment : Old Persian writing and allography in Iranian / Douglas Fear -- Charters, pitchforks, and green seals : written documents between text and materiality in late medieval revolts / Christoph Mauntel -- The textile performance of the written word : Islamic robes of honour / Rebecca Sauer.
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