Chapter Large-Letter Displayed Writings on Portable Media: Indirect and Direct Evidence from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt
This chapter focuses on a formal feature of displayed writings on portable media from Egypt, in particular whitewashed wooden tablets and papyri, namely the use of large letters. By examining a series of case studies that indirectly or directly bear evidence of this kind of script and in the light o...
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| description | This chapter focuses on a formal feature of displayed writings on portable media from Egypt, in particular whitewashed wooden tablets and papyri, namely the use of large letters. By examining a series of case studies that indirectly or directly bear evidence of this kind of script and in the light of some new readings, I attempt to determine whether the use of large letters was influenced by document type and to what extent it fulfilled the need to improve the document’s readability and highlight certain parts of the text. Similarities to writings displayed on durable materials are also investigated. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1634962025-08-02T05:11:54Z Chapter Large-Letter Displayed Writings on Portable Media: Indirect and Direct Evidence from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt Borrelli, Bianca displayed writings readability Egypt papyri whitewashed wooden tablets This chapter focuses on a formal feature of displayed writings on portable media from Egypt, in particular whitewashed wooden tablets and papyri, namely the use of large letters. By examining a series of case studies that indirectly or directly bear evidence of this kind of script and in the light of some new readings, I attempt to determine whether the use of large letters was influenced by document type and to what extent it fulfilled the need to improve the document’s readability and highlight certain parts of the text. Similarities to writings displayed on durable materials are also investigated. 2025-08-02T05:11:53Z 2025-08-02T05:11:53Z 2025-08-01T16:00:44Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221504569_319 2612-7997 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104869 9791221504569 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163496 eng Edizioni dell’Istituto Papirologico «G. Vitelli» open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104869/1/43367.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0456-9.16 10.36253/979-12-215-0456-9.16 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221504569 15 Florence open access |
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| title | Chapter Large-Letter Displayed Writings on Portable Media: Indirect and Direct Evidence from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt |
| title_full | Chapter Large-Letter Displayed Writings on Portable Media: Indirect and Direct Evidence from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt |
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| title_short | Chapter Large-Letter Displayed Writings on Portable Media: Indirect and Direct Evidence from Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt |
| title_sort | chapter large letter displayed writings on portable media indirect and direct evidence from graeco roman and late antique egypt |
| topic | displayed writings readability Egypt papyri whitewashed wooden tablets |
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