Writing Matters: Presenting and Perceiving Monumental Inscriptions in Antiquity and the Middle
Ages

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Writing Matters

Presenting and Perceiving Monumental Inscriptions in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Edited by: Irene Berti , Katharina Bolle , Fanny Opdenhoff and Fabian Stroth

Languages: English, German

Published/Copyright: 2017

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Volume 14 | Materiale Textkulturen

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This edited volume includes a compilation of new approaches to the investigation of inscriptions from different cultural contexts. Innovative research questions about "material text cultures" are examined with reference to Classical Athens, late ancient and Byzantine churches and urban spaces, Hellenistic and Roman cities, and medieval buildings.

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I. Berti, K. Bolle, F. Stroth, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; F. Opdenhoff, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.

Reviews

"[...] this volume offers an important contribution to understanding incised texts and will be of value to students and scholars of various disciplines."
Alexandra Wilding in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.04.43

"[...] an interesting and thought-provoking collection [...] it covers an impressive array of approaches to the materiality of text and will be of interest to anyone engaged with the topic of inscriptions as physical objects."
Naomi Carless-Unwin in: Classics for All March 16, 2018 https://classicsforall.org.uk/book-reviews/writing-matters-presenting-perceiving-monumental-inscriptions-antiquity-middle-ages/

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Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Classical Studies Ancient History

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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
vii

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Introduction
1
Irene Berti, Katharina Bolle, Fanny Opdenhoff and Fabian Stroth

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Theoretical and Methodical Approaches Around and About Writing
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Dead Writing Matters?
15
Ludger Lieb and Ricarda Wagner

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Social Texts: How to Account for the Cultural Work of Carrier Media
27
Alexander Starre

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Das synaktive Potential von Beischriften
43
Francisca Feraudi-Gruénais

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Text Spaces
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Listen im öffentlichen Raum hellenistischer Städte
79
Irene Berti and Péter Kató

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Campaigning for Votes in Ancient Pompeii: Contextualizing Electoral Programmata
117
Eeva-Maria Viitanen and Laura Nissin

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Messages from a Sacred Space: The Function of the Byzantine Sanctuary Barrier Inscriptions (9^th–14^th centuries)
145
Georgios Pallis

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Inscribed Monuments and Memory
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Writing Past and Present in Hellenistic Athens: The Honours for Demosthenes
161
Julia L. Shear

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The Stele of Polybios
191
Milena Melfi

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Inscribing in Columns in Fifth-Century Athens
205
Elizabeth A. Meyer

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Writing Practices: Seeing, Perceiving and Acting with Inscriptions
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Text as Art? Byzantine Inscriptions and Their Display
265
Andreas Rhoby

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Writing on Medieval Doors
285
Vincent Debiais

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Von sichtbaren und verborgenen Signaturen an mittelalterlichen Kirchen
309
Wilfried E. Keil

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Urban and Suburban Attitudes to Writing on Walls? Pompeii and Environs
353
Rebecca R. Benefiel

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Notes on Contributors
375

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Index
379

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August 21, 2017

eBook ISBN:

9783110534597

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August 21, 2017

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9783110529159

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Front matter:

8

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396

Illustrations:

98

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30

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110534597

eBook ISBN: 9783110534597

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110529159

Keywords for this book

Antiquity and the Middle Ages; materiality of writing; practices of reception; presence of writing

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Scholars of Classical Studies, Art Historians, Archaeologists, Classical Historians, Medievalists

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Writing Matters

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

Dead Writing Matters?

Social Texts: How to Account for the Cultural Work of Carrier Media

Das synaktive Potential von Beischriften

Listen im öffentlichen Raum hellenistischer Städte

Campaigning for Votes in Ancient Pompeii: Contextualizing Electoral Programmata

Messages from a Sacred Space: The Function of the Byzantine Sanctuary Barrier Inscriptions (9th–14th centuries)

Writing Past and Present in Hellenistic Athens: The Honours for Demosthenes

The Stele of Polybios

Inscribing in Columns in Fifth-Century Athens

Text as Art? Byzantine Inscriptions and Their Display

Writing on Medieval Doors

Von sichtbaren und verborgenen Signaturen an mittelalterlichen Kirchen

Urban and Suburban Attitudes to Writing on Walls? Pompeii and Environs

Notes on Contributors

Index

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Messages from a Sacred Space: The Function of the Byzantine Sanctuary Barrier Inscriptions (9^th–14^th centuries)