Novel perspectives on communication practices in antiquity : towards a historical social-semiotic approach /
Towards a historical social-semiotic approach
edited by Klaas Bentein, Yasmine Amory.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- vi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Papyrologica lugduno-batava, volumen XLI 0169-9652 ; .
Documentary texts are vital to our understanding of many aspects of the ancient world, such as its administration, education, and economy. The value of these texts goes even further however: being autographs, they directly testify to ancient communication practices, a field of study which so far has remained underexplored. In this volume, specialists in the field engage with a broad range of documentary sources. They discuss not only how various modes of communication, such as language, handwriting, and lay-out, are employed in specific contexts of writing, but also how these different modes are interrelated.