Papyrus, Parchment and Paper

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For most of history, only the tiniest proportions of human beings were capable of reading and writing. Written texts nevertheless played a central role in most pre-modern civilizations, and ancient texts passed down across thousands of years continue to shape our world today. This course focuses on the diffusion of writing before the industrial age, especially around the Mediterranean basin, with special attention to the preservation of lightweight, portable texts, and to their modern discovery. Course Attributes: Historical Perspectives College of Arts & Sciences History