Communication and materiality written and unwritten communication in pre-modern societies

Communication and materiality : communicative strategies of ruling elites from 3000 BCE through 1500 CESpreading the royal word : the (im)materiality of communication in early Mesopotamia / Christina Tsouparopoulou -- Linear B administration : the communicative aspects of written media and the organ...

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Weitere Verfasser: Enderwitz, Susanne (HerausgeberIn), Sauer, Rebecca (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: Berlin, Boston, Mass. De Gruyter 28. August 2015
Schriftenreihe:Materiale Textkulturen Bd. 8
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Zusammenfassung:Communication and materiality : communicative strategies of ruling elites from 3000 BCE through 1500 CESpreading the royal word : the (im)materiality of communication in early Mesopotamia / Christina Tsouparopoulou -- Linear B administration : the communicative aspects of written media and the organisation of the Mycenaean bureaucracy / Angeliki Karagianni -- Materiality and reality of the communication of divine will in the Sargonid period / Lisa Wilhelmi -- Written on clay and parchment : Old Persian writing and allography in Iranian / Douglas Fear -- Charters, pitchforks, and green seals : written documents between text and materiality in late medieval revolts / Christoph Mauntel -- The textile performance of the written word : Islamic robes of honour / Rebecca Sauer.
"This volume reconsiders literacy and communication in pre-modern societies, focusing especially on how material form affects the way textual artefacts are understood and interpreted. By bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines such as archaeology, medieval studies, and Islamic studies, this volume provides the specialist and non-specialist with insights on how humans express themselves through writing and material culture"--
"This volume reconsiders literacy and communication in pre-modern societies, focusing especially on how material form affects the way textual artefacts are understood and interpreted. By bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines such as archaeology, medieval studies, and Islamic studies, this volume provides the specialist and non-specialist with insights on how humans express themselves through writing and material culture"--
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ISBN:311037174X
3-11-037174-X
9783110371741
978-3-11-037174-1