Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Jewish catacomb inscriptions and literary manuscripts

VARIANT READINGS: The Inscriptions of the Jewish Catacomb at Vigna Randanini (Brent Nongbri).
While the texts are familiar from publications, the inscriptions themselves as material artifacts are something else altogether. For instance, I did not realize how much similarity exists between the scripts used to copy literary manuscripts and the writing used in these inscriptions.
Cross-file under Paleography.

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