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Some Remarks on the Lexicon of Erasure between Antiquity and Middle Ages
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Serena Ammirati
Serena Ammirati is associate professor in Palaeography at Università Roma Tre. Her research focuses on the ancient Latin book (its formats and scripts), the written culture of medieval Rome, and the book of legal content in the West between Antiquity and the Middle Ages. She is also currently interested in the development of machine learning-based methods and tools to study handwritten documents.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- A Framework for the Analysis of Rewriting Practices, and Three Case Studies: Clay Tablets, Wax Tablets, and Erasable Coatings 1
- The Future of the Past: Rewriting as a Cultural Practice from Handwritten Artefacts to the Digital Age 63
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Clay and Wax
- A Restorer’s Look at Rewritable Media: Cuneiform Clay Tablets in Conservation 75
- Temporality on Clay Tablets: When the Component Parts of a Cuneiform Document Were Committed to Clay 115
- Erasing Signs and Lines on Old Assyrian Cuneiform Clay Tablets 161
- Ashurbanipal and Objects for Esagil and Ešarra: A Case Study of Erasing, Removing, and Replacing Texts at the Height of the Assyrian Empire 191
- Refill, Reuse, Recycle? Reusing Wax Tablets in the Roman North-western Provinces 217
- Some Remarks on the Lexicon of Erasure between Antiquity and Middle Ages 255
- From Wax Tablets to Codices: The Possible Influence of the Stylus Holder on the Structure of Early Multi-gathering Codices 263
- Wax Tablets as Writing Media during the Middle Ages 309
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Papyrus, Parchment, Paper, and Wood
- Reasons for Papyrus Reuse in Ancient Egypt 335
- Coptic Palimpsests: When, Where, and Why? 357
- How to Erase Writing According to Recipes from the Arab World: Textual Analysis of Premodern Technical Recipes 373
- How to Erase Writing According to Recipes from the Arab World: Replication and Analytical Report 411
- Transient Texts: Erasable Writing on Wood, Sand, and Metal in Northern Nigerian Islam 439
- Writing and Rewriting Wooden Tablets in Seventh- and Eighth-Century Japan: The Mokkan Used for Learning 475
- Contributors 503
- Index of Written Artefacts
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- A Framework for the Analysis of Rewriting Practices, and Three Case Studies: Clay Tablets, Wax Tablets, and Erasable Coatings 1
- The Future of the Past: Rewriting as a Cultural Practice from Handwritten Artefacts to the Digital Age 63
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Clay and Wax
- A Restorer’s Look at Rewritable Media: Cuneiform Clay Tablets in Conservation 75
- Temporality on Clay Tablets: When the Component Parts of a Cuneiform Document Were Committed to Clay 115
- Erasing Signs and Lines on Old Assyrian Cuneiform Clay Tablets 161
- Ashurbanipal and Objects for Esagil and Ešarra: A Case Study of Erasing, Removing, and Replacing Texts at the Height of the Assyrian Empire 191
- Refill, Reuse, Recycle? Reusing Wax Tablets in the Roman North-western Provinces 217
- Some Remarks on the Lexicon of Erasure between Antiquity and Middle Ages 255
- From Wax Tablets to Codices: The Possible Influence of the Stylus Holder on the Structure of Early Multi-gathering Codices 263
- Wax Tablets as Writing Media during the Middle Ages 309
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Papyrus, Parchment, Paper, and Wood
- Reasons for Papyrus Reuse in Ancient Egypt 335
- Coptic Palimpsests: When, Where, and Why? 357
- How to Erase Writing According to Recipes from the Arab World: Textual Analysis of Premodern Technical Recipes 373
- How to Erase Writing According to Recipes from the Arab World: Replication and Analytical Report 411
- Transient Texts: Erasable Writing on Wood, Sand, and Metal in Northern Nigerian Islam 439
- Writing and Rewriting Wooden Tablets in Seventh- and Eighth-Century Japan: The Mokkan Used for Learning 475
- Contributors 503
- Index of Written Artefacts
