Ancient Literacies
consequence of empire had been the creation of a complex urban world, one where even the essentials of life had to be obtained t ...
it is thought about thought rather than about what anyone believes. Deriving conclusions from premises, as in Aristotelean logic ...
institoresthe Roman jurists conceived of a mass of written communica- tions linking them and their principals: these included re ...
is not to say that nonliterate subjects lack the ability to handle quotation but only that literacy and schooling make the recog ...
and social milieu, have often been attested.^24 Rome was not one of them. As a result, transactions were easier between loosely ...
THE RISE OF SUBJECTIVITY: WHAT READING REQUIRES The second consequence of dealing with the sentential nature of written texts ma ...
measure them.^28 There have been some indicative studies of the graffiti from the province, which demonstrate that graffiti were ...
to reconstruct the author’s meaning, some to test out their own meanings. And it must be remembered that some, perhaps the major ...
Weights, Gold Vessels, Silver Vessels, Bronze Vessels, Lead Vessels, Pewter Vessels, Shale Vessels, Glass Vessels, Spoons Brooc ...
CONCLUSION I have attempted to show that writing is neither equivalent to speaking nor is it an utterly unique and distinctive m ...
and amphorae come into this category, along with the painted labels on amphorae. I will return to these below, but for the momen ...
Daniels, P. Forthcoming. ‘‘The history of writing.’’ In D. R. Olson and N. G. Torrance, eds.,Cambridge Handbook of Literacy. Cam ...
makes documents easier to read or scan quickly. Standardized formats reduce the number of words needed, and present the viewer w ...
Peskin, J. 2000. ‘‘Rhetorical and Aesthetic Form: Poetry as Textual Art.’’ In J. W. Astington, ed.,Minds in the Making, 80 97. O ...
long, even sealed, and consumers want it fresh, so there are no dates on Dressel 20 amphorae. Wine is different. Consular years ...
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that most characteristic commodity, the slave. The notion of a slave mode of production is not widely subscribed to in the form ...
Index Locorum References to illustrations are in boldface type. Citations are abbreviated according to the indices ofThesaurus L ...
NAMES AND THINGS Alongside this proliferation of texts written for strangers with limited but precise reading skills, there wa ...
Catullus(continued) 4.5: 224 6: 225n 159 9: 225n 159 10: 192n19, 206n76, 225 n 159 11: 225n 159 12: 225n 159 13: 206n 76 14: 150 ...
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