02489 am 2200613 n 450 9910294541503321201811202-7226-0500-710.4000/books.cdf.5807(CKB)4100000007159142(FrMaCLE)OB-cdf-5807(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/60883(PPN)267931727(EXLCZ)99410000000715914220181120j|||||||| ||| 0enguu||||||m||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThese Shreds, Guardians of Human Memory: Papyrus and Culture in Late Antiquity Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 7 January 2016 /Jean-Luc FournetParis Collège de France2018Papyrology, which burgeoned in the nineteenth century after the discovery of thousands of papyri in Egypt, consists in the study of Greek and Latin texts written on a transportable medium (papyrus, clay potsherds, wooden tablets or parchment). While inscriptions and literary sources can render a normative, idealized and sometimes deformed image of individuals, papyri – no matter how fragmented they may be – take us into their daily lives, thus making possible the archaeology of cultural practices. Attempting to decipher “these shreds, guardians of the human memory” – to paraphrase Leonardo de Vinci – is the challenge of the papyrologist, who ceaselessly renews our knowledge of the past.These Shreds, Guardians of Human MemoryHistoryLiteratureLate AntiquitypapyrologyEgyptpaleographyGreekmultilingualismpapyrologypaleographyEgyptLate AntiquityGreekmultilingualismHistoryLiteratureLate AntiquitypapyrologyEgyptpaleographyGreekmultilingualismFournet Jean-Luc474458Fournet Jean-Luc474458Grimal Nicolas290873FR-FrMaCLEBOOK9910294541503321These Shreds, Guardians of Human Memory: Papyrus and Culture in Late Antiquity3389655UNINA