The Lettering of an Athenian Mason |
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| Author:
| Tracy, Stephen V. |
| Series title: | Hesperia Supplement Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87661-515-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1975 |
| Publisher: | American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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This book combines two functions, as a technical handbook for training epigraphists to recognize an individual mason's hands, and a social study of a skilled artisan in Hellenistic Athens (referred to as "B"), a native of Salamis who worked in Athens and at Delphi. The methodology developed by the author to isolate 28 out of hundreds of inscriptions as the work of "B" represents a major step forward in the assigning of fragments to individual masons, previously a very impressionistic exercise.
This book combines two functions, as a technical handbook for training epigraphists to recognize an individual mason's hands, and a social study of a skilled artisan in Hellenistic Athens (referred to as "B"), a native of Salamis who worked in Athens and at Delphi. The methodology developed by the author to isolate 28 out of hundreds of inscriptions as the work of "B" represents a major step forward in the assigning of fragments to individual masons, previously a very impressionistic exercise.