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Anna P. Judson deposited THE TABLET-MAKERS OF PYLOS: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRODUCTION OF LINEAR B TABLETS in the group
Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Linear B administrative texts of Late Bronze Age Greece were written on clay tablets, whose production therefore formed the first stage in the process of document creation, though it generally remains unclear whether the tablets’ writers were also their makers. This study combines experimental archaeology with autopsy of the tablets from P…[Read more]
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Anna P. Judson deposited THE TABLET-MAKERS OF PYLOS: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRODUCTION OF LINEAR B TABLETS on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago
The Linear B administrative texts of Late Bronze Age Greece were written on clay tablets, whose production therefore formed the first stage in the process of document creation, though it generally remains unclear whether the tablets’ writers were also their makers. This study combines experimental archaeology with autopsy of the tablets from P…[Read more]
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Matthew Scarborough's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago
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Matthew Scarborough deposited The Text of the Proverbs of Solomon in Sahidic Coptic Based on the edition of the Chicago Manuscript edited by William H. Worrell (Version 0.1 – The Normalised Text) on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months ago
An electronic text of the Proverbs of Solomon in Sahidic Coptic edited on the basis of the Chicago Manuscript originally edited by William H. Worrell (https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/oip-12-proverbs-solomon-sahidic-copticaccording-
chicago-manuscript). I have adapted and corrected the original diplomatic text, but see Worrell…[Read more] -
Nelson Goering deposited Review of Philip A. Shaw, Names and Naming in “Beowulf”: Studies in Heroic Narrative Tradition. on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
Book reviewed: Philip A. Shaw, Names and Naming in “Beowulf”: Studies in Heroic Narrative Tradition. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. Pp. xii, 220; color and black-and-white figures. $115. ISBN: 978-1-3501-4576-4.
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Matthew Scarborough deposited Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’ in the group
History of Linguistics and Language Study on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoSince H. Humbach’s Baktrische Sprachdenkmäler (Wiesbaden, 1966) the main etymological
proposal for Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’ has been A. Thierfelder’s suggestion of a loanword from Hellenistic Greek χρόνος ‘time’. In this article the plausibility of this etymology is re-examined, and it is further argued that it should b…[Read more] -
Matthew Scarborough deposited Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’ in the group
Classical Philology and Linguistics on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoSince H. Humbach’s Baktrische Sprachdenkmäler (Wiesbaden, 1966) the main etymological
proposal for Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’ has been A. Thierfelder’s suggestion of a loanword from Hellenistic Greek χρόνος ‘time’. In this article the plausibility of this etymology is re-examined, and it is further argued that it should b…[Read more] -
Matthew Scarborough deposited Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’ on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
Since H. Humbach’s Baktrische Sprachdenkmäler (Wiesbaden, 1966) the main etymological
proposal for Bactrian χϸονο ‘(calendar) year, (regnal) year’ has been A. Thierfelder’s suggestion of a loanword from Hellenistic Greek χρόνος ‘time’. In this article the plausibility of this etymology is re-examined, and it is further argued that it should b…[Read more] -
Matthew Scarborough's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
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Nelson Goering deposited Metre in Old Saxon and Old High German in the group
Old English / Early Medieval England on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoSchematic (bullet-point) overview of Old Saxon and Old High German metre, with a particular emphasis on alliterative verse. My goal is to sketch out the main features of the metre, especially in comparison with Old English, rather than to delve into theoretical fundamentals (though an appendix touching on that topic is included). I also append a…[Read more]
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Nelson Goering deposited Metre in Old Saxon and Old High German in the group
Medieval English Literature on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoSchematic (bullet-point) overview of Old Saxon and Old High German metre, with a particular emphasis on alliterative verse. My goal is to sketch out the main features of the metre, especially in comparison with Old English, rather than to delve into theoretical fundamentals (though an appendix touching on that topic is included). I also append a…[Read more]
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Nelson Goering deposited Old English Metre in the group
Old English / Early Medieval England on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months agoAn overview of the main features of Old English metre, including a comparison of theories for the basic operation of the metrical system.
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Nelson Goering deposited Metre in Old Saxon and Old High German on Humanities Commons 2 years, 10 months ago
Schematic (bullet-point) overview of Old Saxon and Old High German metre, with a particular emphasis on alliterative verse. My goal is to sketch out the main features of the metre, especially in comparison with Old English, rather than to delve into theoretical fundamentals (though an appendix touching on that topic is included). I also append a…[Read more]
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An overview of the main features of Old English metre, including a comparison of theories for the basic operation of the metrical system.
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Matthew Scarborough's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months ago
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Matthew Scarborough deposited Can the Greek dialects be grouped? A Response to Parker and Ringe on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months ago
Slides of to accompany a presentation given at the Indo-European Seminar at the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge on February 17th 2016. The presentation addressed recent arguments made about the phylogenetic subgrouping of the Ancient Greek dialects and proposes an alternative model of analysis, introducing for the first time a…[Read more]
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Anna P. Judson's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 4 months ago
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Nelson Goering deposited Review of Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon in the group
Old English / Early Medieval England on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoReview of Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon, by Megan E. Hartman, Berlin/Boston, Walter de Gruyter, 2020, pp. XII + 213, £83.00, ISBN: 978-1-5015-1832-4
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Nelson Goering deposited Review of Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon in the group
Medieval English Literature on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoReview of Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon, by Megan E. Hartman, Berlin/Boston, Walter de Gruyter, 2020, pp. XII + 213, £83.00, ISBN: 978-1-5015-1832-4
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Nelson Goering deposited Review of Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon in the group
Early Medieval on Humanities Commons 3 years, 5 months agoReview of Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon, by Megan E. Hartman, Berlin/Boston, Walter de Gruyter, 2020, pp. XII + 213, £83.00, ISBN: 978-1-5015-1832-4
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