Writing and Power in the Roman World

Auteur: Eckardt, Hella (University of Reading)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
The book offers a new, material angle on literacy in the Roman world by examining writing equipment, in particular inkwells. It explores how writing equipment shaped practices such as posture and handwriting and careful analysis of the burial data shows considerable numbers of women and children buried with writing equipment.
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The book offers a new, material angle on literacy in the Roman world by examining writing equipment, in particular inkwells. It explores how writing equipment shaped practices such as posture and handwriting and careful analysis of the burial data shows considerable numbers of women and children buried with writing equipment.
ISBN / EAN 9781108418058
Auteur Eckardt, Hella (University of Reading)
Editeur Cambridge University Press