An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
ISBN-10
1108010199
ISBN-13
9781108010191
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 2nd, 2011
Print length
480 Pages
Weight
610 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Language: history & general worksPalaeography (history of writing)
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Published in 1887, at a time when the value of some Greek letters was not universally agreed, and when excavation was regularly providing new materials for study, this innovative and important book, which set standards of classification and interpretation, was widely welcomed as a tool for research.
In 1887, when the first volume of this work was published, Greek epigraphy was not systematically studied or taught in English universities, and the book was specifically written to fulfil a need for ''a popular work, giving a classification of Greek inscriptions according to their age, country and subject, and a selection of texts by way of samples, under each class''. At a time when the value of some Greek letters (those peculiar to one city''s version of the alphabet and so known rarely in surviving inscriptions) was not universally agreed, and when excavation was regularly providing new materials for study, the book was widely welcomed as a tool for research. The first volume contains a historical sketch of the Greek alphabet and a sequence of inscriptions showing its development across the Mediterranean area and Asia Minor until the end of the fifth century CE.
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