The series Material Text Cultures is the publication organ of the Collaborative Research Center 933 of the same name at Heidelberg University, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The series publishes collections and monographs dedicated to the Collaborative Research Center s main focus of research that is, the materiality and presence of writing in non-typographic societies.
This edited volume includes a compilation of new approaches to the investigation of inscriptions from different cultural contexts. Innovative research questions about "material text cultures" are examined with reference to Classical Athens, late ancient and Byzantine churches and urban spaces, Hellenistic and Roman cities, and medieval buildings.
I. Berti,
K. Bolle,
F. Stroth, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg;
F. Opdenhoff, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Deutschland.
"[...] this volume offers an important contribution to understanding incised texts and will be of value to students and scholars of various disciplines."
Alexandra Wilding in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.04.43
"[...] an interesting and thought-provoking collection [...] it covers an impressive array of approaches to the materiality of text and will be of interest to anyone engaged with the topic of inscriptions as physical objects."
Naomi Carless-Unwin in: Classics for All March 16, 2018 https://classicsforall.org.uk/book-reviews/writing-matters-presenting-perceiving-monumental-inscriptions-antiquity-middle-ages/
