Lying now under the sand 300 kilometres south of the coastal metropolis of Alexandria, the town of Oxyrhynchus rose to prominence under Egypt's Hellenistic and Roman rulers. The 1895 British-led excavation revealed little in the way of buildings and other cultural artefacts, but instead yielded a huge random mass of everyday papyri, piled thirty feet deep, including private letters and shopping lists, government circulars, and copies of ancient literature.
The surviving bookrolls - the papyrus rolls with literary texts - have provided a great deal of information on ancient books, ancient readers, and ancient reading. Examining only those texts that survive in full form in medieval manuscripts, William Johnson has analysed over 400 bookrolls to understand the production, use, and aesthetics of the ancient book. His close analysis of formal and conventional features of the bookrolls not only provides detailed information on the bookroll industry - manufacture, design, and format - 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 differ from modern or medieval practice. Meticulously erudite, this work will be of great importance to all papyrologists, classicists, and literary scholars.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 14.99
From Canada to U.S.A.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean In Very Good Condition, Hardcover. In Very Good Dust Jacket. Creased At The Outer Edges.- We ship from Canada and the USA. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Seller Inventory # 039701
Book Description University of Toronto Press, 2004. In-4, cart. éd. noir, jaquette illustr. en couleurs ; XIV-371 pp., qq. figures, tabl. et graphiques dans le texte, 18 pl. en noir et en couleurs in fine dont 3 dépliantes. Glossary, Bibliogr., Index of Papyri. /58D Très bonne condition. Very fine condition. Seller Inventory # 586635