These Shreds, Guardians of Human Memory: Papyrus and Culture in Late Antiquity : Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 7 January 2016

• Kaituhi matua: Jean-Luc Fournet (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: Collège de France 2018
• Ngā marau: papyrology; paleography; Egypt; Late Antiquity; Greek; multilingualism
• Urunga tuihono: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Papyrology, which burgeoned in the nineteenth century after the discovery of thousands of papyri in Egypt, consists in the study of Greek and Latin texts written on a transportable medium (papyrus, clay potsherds, wooden tablets or parchment). While inscriptions and literary sources can render a nor...