Unpublished conference/Abstract (Scientific congresses and symposiums)
Paratextual signs in the medico-magical texts of the New Kingdom
Motte, Aurore; Sojic, Nathalie
2016 • Signes dans les textes: recherches sur les continuités et les ruptures des pratiques scribales en Egypte pharaonique, gréco-romaine et byzantine
[en] This talk aims at describing the use of paratext in the medico-magical corpus of the New Kingdom (c. 1570-1069). The focus will be on hieratic texts written on papyri and ostraca. The first part will consist in typological considerations. From a formal point of view, paratextual notations will be grouped into three categories: (1) paratextual signs stricto sensu; (2) those that are not paratextual signs strictly speaking, as they are hieroglyphic signs, but that have to be understood as such; (3) the use of other visual means (red ink, size of the characters, blank spaces, …) to indicate that some elements are to be read as paratext. In the second part of the talk, we will define the functions (punctuation, emendation marks, layout marking, reading instructions, ...) and the uses of all these signs.
Research Center/Unit :
Mondes anciens - ULiège
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Motte, Aurore ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie
Sojic, Nathalie ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie
Language :
English
Title :
Paratextual signs in the medico-magical texts of the New Kingdom
Publication date :
02 June 2016
Event name :
Signes dans les textes: recherches sur les continuités et les ruptures des pratiques scribales en Egypte pharaonique, gréco-romaine et byzantine
Event organizer :
Nathan Carlig, Guillaume Lescuyer, Aurore Motte et Nathalie Sojic - Université de Liège
Event date :
du 2 juin 2016 au 4 juin 2016
Audience :
International
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
