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Layout of Ancient Greek Papyri Through Lead-Drawn Ruling Lines Revealed by Macro X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging

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Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Abstract:
The use of lead-drawn ruling lines by ancient scribes for the layout of Greek papyrus rolls was known to us only from classical authors and was postulated by a few scholars in modern times. In situ application of noninvasive Macro X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging Spectroscopy (MA-XRF) to unrolled papyri from Herculaneum, dating from about 200 BC to the 1st century AD, has provided the first direct evidence of such practice in ancient book production. The key experimental proof of periodic lines drawn in lead was gathered by a highly sensitive MA-XRF mobile instrument, which allowed detection of ultra-low trace residues of metals with detection limits that rival synchrotron light instruments. Elemental distribution maps of Pb have revealed three different systems of textual layout in ancient papyrus rolls and have resolved the dispute around so-called Maas’ Law, by delivering experimental proof that slanted text columns were a deliberate aesthetic choice of scribes.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Elenco autori:
Romano F.P.; Puglia E.; Caliri C.; Pavone D.P.; Alessandrelli M.; Busacca A.; Fatuzzo C.G.; Fleischer K.J.; Pernigotti C.; Preisler Z.; Vassallo C.; Verhasselt G.; Miliani C.; Ranocchia G.
Autori di Ateneo:
VASSALLO Christian
Link alla scheda completa:
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1945572
Link al Full Text:
https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/handle/2318/1945572/1213891/Nature-Scientific%20Reports,%2013,%206582%20(2023).pdf
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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SH5_3 - Philology; text and image studies - (2022)

CULTURA, ARTE e CREATIVITA' - Culture Comparate

LINGUE e LETTERATURA - Anglistica e angloamericanistica

LINGUE e LETTERATURA - Antichistica

LINGUE e LETTERATURA - Iberistica

LINGUE e LETTERATURA - Italianistica e letterature comparate

LINGUE e LETTERATURA - Linguistica

LINGUE e LETTERATURA - Studi Asiatici e Mediterranei
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