Papyrus
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Parkinson, Richard / Quirke, Stephen / Parkinson, R. B., PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press, One of ong>theong> most outstong>anong>ding inventions of ong>anong>cient Egypt was ong>theong> making of "paper" from ong>theong> papyrus plong>anong>t. As early as B.C., sheets ong>anong>d rolls of papyrus provided ong>anong> ideal surface for ong>writingong> with reed pen ong>anong>d cakes of carbon black ong>anong>d red ochre pigment. Egyptiong>anong> scribes were able to record on papyri everyday details such as administrative records, legal documents, ong>anong>d letters of business ong>anong>d personal life. Equally importong>anong>t for our understong>anong>ding of ong>anong>cient Egypt, pen ong>anong>d papyrus were used to record literary texts, tales, ong>anong>d moral instructions, as well as compendia of Egyptiong>anong> knowledge exemplified by ong>theong> famous Rhind Maong>theong>matical Papyrus ong>anong>d ong>theong> books of treatment, prescriptions, ong>anong>d recitations for healing. Religious hymns ong>anong>d litong>anong>ies are recorded, as are ong>theong> great formulae to secure life after death--ong>theong> Coffin Texts ong>anong>d ong>theong> Book of ong>theong> Dead. In this book, Richard Parkinson ong>anong>d Stephen Quirke freshly examine ong>theong> methods of papyrus-making ong>anong>d its different uses, not only under ong>theong> Pharaohs, but also oong>theong>r Egyptiong>anong> civilizations such as ong>theong> Hellenistic kingdom of ong>theong> Ptolemies ong>anong>d ong>theong> colonial rule of ong>theong> Romong>anong> Empire. Papyrus remained ong>theong> ong>writingong> material of ong>theong> Mediterrong>anong>eong>anong> world until it was eclipsed by ong>theong> cloth paper of ong>theong> Orient in ong>theong> ninth century A.D., bringing four thousong>anong>d years of ong>writingong> tradition to ong>anong> end. Acquista Ora