Day 7
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When considering Greece and the Classical World, please understand
the following words:
- papyrology
- Pseudo Writing
- Diptychon
- triptycha
- polyptycha
- stilus
- calamus
- cuttlefish/sepia
- pumice
- selis/pagina
- justification
- fore-edge
- syllibos/titulus/index
- Codex Sinaiticus/Tischendorf
- Alexandria
- pergamena
- museion
- volver/volumen
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Images related to Greek writing and books:
- Greeks Had Been exposed to "Advanced"
Writing Forms before in Linear B from
the Civilization on Crete
- They would have seen writing like that on
the Phaistos Disc from Crete
- Greeks Varied Arrangement
of Letters on the Page in a Number of Ways and Added Vowels
- Ostraca Were Used for Writing (here some
words from Euripides)
- Athens Used Ostraca for
Removing Citizens
- Informal Writing Also Took Place on Wax
Tablets
- This Vase Shows Two Writing Surfaces( wax tablets and scrolls)
- Greeks Used an Abundance
of Scrolls
- A Poetry Scroll
Differed Visually from One Filled with Prose
- Public Writing Was Important
- Tools and Materials Impact
Form of Letters
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