Documentary Arabic private and business letters on papyrus : form and function, content and context / / by Eva Mira Grob

• Autore: Grob Eva Mira
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY ; ; Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 892.7/6009
• Soggetto topico: Arabic letters - History and criticism; Letter writing, Arabic - History; Manuscripts, Arabic (Papyri)
• Classificazione: NM 3500
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- 1. Numbers, materials, and distribution over time -- 2. Formulary -- 3. Pragmatics -- 4. Language -- 5. Script and layout -- 6. Summary -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: Arabic letters on papyrus challenge the modern reader. There are few to no diacritical dots to distinguish homographs, no systematic spacing between single words, and in the majority of cases a low degree of graphical structuring. However, contemporary readers usually read and understood these documents easily - probably because the recipient of a letter knew what to expect. The letters are formulaic, and their information packaging follows an algorithm typical for their time and content. Here formulaic letter writing means not only the reuse of the same formulae or topoi but expressing though
• Titolo autorizzato: Documentary Arabic private and business letters on papyrus
• ISBN: 1-282-91205-4; 9786612912054; 3-11-024705-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814000003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte