Athenian Lettering of the Fifth Century B.C.: The Rise of the Professional Letter Cutter

by Stephen V. Tracy

This book has chapters on methodology, on the writing of the first decrees and laws of the years ca. 515 to 450 B.C., on unique examples of writing of ca. 450 to 400, on the inscribers of the Lapis Primus and Lapis Secundus (IG I3 259-280), and on those of the Attic Stelai (IG I3 421-430). These are followed by studies of 11 individual cutters arranged in chronological order.
This study brings order to the study of hands of the fifth century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110401428
• ISBN13: 9783110401424
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.2"