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.
發表於2024-12-27
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圖書標籤: 紙草學 古典學 Papyrology Oxyrhynchus 西洋古代 西方“古典”學 社會史 教育研究
初步鑒定,這是一部當代學術經典。Turner對codex做的事,Johnson對bookroll用更精確更科學更謹慎的方式做瞭一遍。通過令人發指的統計和計算(欄高、欄寬、欄間寬、行距、天頭地腳尺寸、每行字數、每欄行數),通過多年接觸紙草捲子實物,終於顛覆瞭這個學科內流行幾十年、或者近百年的一些印象式結論,而且在更堅實的基礎上建築瞭若乾結論。論到方法之科學嚴謹,研究之獨創性和開拓性,這書堪稱典範。書後70多頁的圖錶、80多頁對研究樣本此前編輯者著錄的訂誤,自然是無法通讀的。這位Johnson實在是瞭不起的學者。搜羅他的著作將是下一步工作重點。十星。
評分初步鑒定,這是一部當代學術經典。Turner對codex做的事,Johnson對bookroll用更精確更科學更謹慎的方式做瞭一遍。通過令人發指的統計和計算(欄高、欄寬、欄間寬、行距、天頭地腳尺寸、每行字數、每欄行數),通過多年接觸紙草捲子實物,終於顛覆瞭這個學科內流行幾十年、或者近百年的一些印象式結論,而且在更堅實的基礎上建築瞭若乾結論。論到方法之科學嚴謹,研究之獨創性和開拓性,這書堪稱典範。書後70多頁的圖錶、80多頁對研究樣本此前編輯者著錄的訂誤,自然是無法通讀的。這位Johnson實在是瞭不起的學者。搜羅他的著作將是下一步工作重點。十星。
評分初步鑒定,這是一部當代學術經典。Turner對codex做的事,Johnson對bookroll用更精確更科學更謹慎的方式做瞭一遍。通過令人發指的統計和計算(欄高、欄寬、欄間寬、行距、天頭地腳尺寸、每行字數、每欄行數),通過多年接觸紙草捲子實物,終於顛覆瞭這個學科內流行幾十年、或者近百年的一些印象式結論,而且在更堅實的基礎上建築瞭若乾結論。論到方法之科學嚴謹,研究之獨創性和開拓性,這書堪稱典範。書後70多頁的圖錶、80多頁對研究樣本此前編輯者著錄的訂誤,自然是無法通讀的。這位Johnson實在是瞭不起的學者。搜羅他的著作將是下一步工作重點。十星。
評分基於materiality但超越 materiality,振奮人心的傑作
評分基於materiality但超越 materiality,振奮人心的傑作
Bookrolls and Scribes in Oxyrhynchus 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載