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DTSTART:20161101T120000Z
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SUMMARY:Bookhands in letters from late antique Egypt
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DESCRIPTION:Using as a case study an unpublished letter from an ecclesias
 tical environment\, written in the so-called 'sloping pointed majuscule'
 \, this paper will investigate late antique letters penned in literary s
 cripts instead of cursive handwriting\, which would otherwise be the nor
 m for Greek documents. Earlier texts\, such as those of Theophanes archi
 ve\, also share this scribal tendency. Questions will include: Who were 
 their authors? What was their educational level and social milieu? Are t
 hese letters the work of professional copyists? Finally\, do script and 
 language relate to each other?
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TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:The Christie Room \, John Rylands Research Institute and Library
 \, 150 Deansgate\, Manchester\, Gtr Manchester\, M3 3EH
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