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Contents 20 Aids for the Reader 22 Chapter 1. A Scribe in His Time and Place 26 1.1. Djeme and Western Thebes 28 1.2. Early Islamic Egypt 32 1.3. The Use of Coptic in Early Islamic Egypt 34 1.4. Scribes and Writers 39 Chapter 2. Building Aristophanes’ Dossier 47 2.1. Assigning Texts to Aristophanes 47 2.2. Amanuensis and Witness 57 2.3. Composition of the Dossier 62 2.4. Establishing Dates 64 2.5. Between Dossier and Archive 82 Chapter 3. Putting Pen on Papyrus: Scribal Practices and Processes 92 3.1. Aristophanes’ Writing Style 93 3.2. Correcting the Results of Old Age 95 3.3. What’s in a Signature? 101 3.4. Many Writers at Hand 105 3.5. More than the Sum of His Words 113 Chapter 4. Recording Taxes 114 4.1. A Communal and Personal Burden 115 4.2. Recording Individual Tax Payments 124 4.3. A Team Effort 132 4.4. Collection and Storage 139 4.5. No Taxes, No Travel 143 4.6. The Importance of Scribes 148 Chapter 5. Recording Private Lives 150 5.1. Domestic Structures 150 5.2. Isolated Cases 153 5.3. Aaron Son of Shenoute 160 5.4. Abessa and Takoum: The Family of Abigaia 162 5.5. Daniel Son of Pachom 166 5.6. The Family of Germanos 168 5.7. Monasteries 171 5.8. Scribe and Client Relati

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Author

Jennifer A. Cromwell

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780472123117

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Islam, Science