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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2023

Nicholas Zair
Nicholas Zair
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Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire , pp. vii - ix
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023
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Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Tables

  3. Foreword

  4. Note on the Text

  5. List of Abbreviations

    1. Printed Works

    2. Online Resources

  6. 1Introduction

    1. What This Book Is About

    2. Sub-elite Education in Literacy

    3. Defining ‘Old-fashioned’ Spelling

    4. Standard and Non-standard Spelling

    5. Structure of the Book

    6. Methodology

      1. Scribes, Writers and Authors

      2. Finding and Counting Old-fashioned Spelling

    7. The Sub-elite Corpora

      1. The Tablets of the Sulpicii (TPSulp.)

      2. The Tablets of Caecilius Jucundus (CIL 4.3340)

      3. The Tablets from Herculaneum (TH2)

      4. The Tablets from London (WT)

      5. The Vindonissa Tablets (T. Vindon.)

      6. The Vindolanda Tablets (Tab. Vindol.)

      7. The Bu Njem Ostraca (O. BuNjem)

      8. Papyrus and Parchment from Dura Europos (P. Dura)

      9. Graffiti from the Paedagogium

      10. Curse Tablets (Kropp)

      11. Letters (CEL)

      12. Funerary Inscriptions from the Isola Sacra (IS)

    8. Writers on Language

    9. A Sketch of the Latin Vowel System through Time

  7. Part I: Old-fashioned Spellings

    1. 2<ai> for /ae̯/

    2. 3<ei> and <e> for /iː/

      1. <ei> for /iː/

      2. <e> for /iː/

    3. 4<o> for /u/

    4. 5<o> for /uː/

    5. 6Alternation of <u> and <i>

      1. /u/ and /i/ in Initial Syllables after /l/ and before a Labial

      2. /u/ and /i/ in Medial Syllables before a Labial

    6. 7<uo> for /we/ before a Coronal

    7. 8<uo> and <uu> for /wu/ and /uu/, and <quo> and <quu> for /kwu/

    8. 9Double Letters to Write Long Vowels

    9. 10<c> for /g/

    10. 11<ii> for /jj/

    11. 12<k> before /a(ː)/ and <q> before /u(ː)/

      1. <k> before /a(ː)/

      2. <q> before /u(ː)/

    12. 13<qu> for /k/ before Back Vowels

    13. 14<xs> for /ks/

    14. 15Geminates and Singletons

      1. <ss> and <s>

      2. <ll> and <l>

      3. Singletons for Geminate Consonants after Original Long Vowels

    15. 16spepondi

    16. 17popl- and pupl- for publ-

  8. Part II: Apices and i-longa

    1. 18Apices and i-longa: Introduction

    2. 19Apices and i-longa in the Isola Sacra Inscriptions

    3. 20Apices in the Vindolanda Tablets

    4. 21Apices in the Tablets of the Sulpicii

    5. 22Apex Use in the Vindolanda and TPSulp. Tablets in Comparison

    6. 23Apices in the Tablets from Herculaneum

    7. 24i-longa in the Tablets of the Sulpicii and the Tablets from Herculaneum

    8. 25Conclusions

      1. Old-Fashioned Spelling? Problems and Different Histories

      2. Optional Spellings and Sub-elite Education

      3. The Education of Scribes and Stonemasons

      4. Optional Spellings: Evidence for Sound Change

  9. Appendix: <uo> and <uu> in Catullus

  10. Bibliography

  11. Index

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  • Nicholas Zair, University of Cambridge
  • Book: Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire
  • Online publication: 25 May 2023
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