Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 692 Seiten, 12 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln)
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9780190083731
Series Statement:
Oxford Handbooks Ser.
Content:
This Handbook discusses current theories with regard to the cultural setting and material realities in which Egyptian epigraphy was produced; familiarize the reader with epigraphic and palaeographic techniques and practices; and outline and review traditional and emerging techniques and challenges as a guide for future research.
Content:
Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of EGYPTIAN EPIGRAPHY AND PALAEOGRAPHY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Ancient Decoration -- The Link between Image and Text -- Importance of Epigraphy and Palaeography in Egyptology -- Approach of This Volume -- Past, Present, and Future of Epigraphic and Palaeographic Efforts -- Bibliography -- Part I: CULTURAL AND MATERIALS ETTING -- Chapter I.1: Form, Layout, and Specific Potentialities of the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Script -- The Basic Figurativity of the Egyptian Hieroglyphic Script -- Artistic Conventions -- Stylization -- Color -- Inventory of Signs -- Structure -- Innovations -- Specific Constraints on Hieroglyphs -- Constraints of Calibration Ruling the Conventions of Scale -- Constraints of Arrangement in Occupying the Space Devoted to the Text -- Examples of Arrangements -- Constraints of Orientation Governing the Hieroglyphs and the Direction of Reading -- Row Versus Column -- Image and Word Orientation -- Retrograde Texts -- Exploiting the Specific Potentialities of Hieroglyphic Script -- Reversals -- Orientation with Regard to Architecture -- Hieroglyph-Image Link -- Decalibration -- Details -- A Script Adapted to Object and Monuments -- Uses -- Post-Third Century Bce -- Meroitic -- Bibliography -- Chapter I.2: The Content of Egyptian Wall Decoration -- Context -- Multimodality: Text and Image -- Repertoire and Variation -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter I.3: The Egyptian Theory of Monumental Writing as Related to Permanence or Endurance -- The Monument as a Means to Overcome Transience -- Durability of Material -- Written Statements of the Desire for Permanence -- Desire for Permanence of Identity: Preservation of the Name -- Measures Taken to Ensure the Preservation of Monuments and Inscriptions.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190604653
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Oxford handbook of Egyptian epigraphy and palaeography New York : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780190604653
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Ägypten
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Epigraphik
;
Paläographie
;
Ägyptisch
;
Altägyptisch
;
Hieroglyphe
;
Ägyptisch
;
Altägyptisch
;
Hieroglyphenschrift
