Ankündigung Symposium: "Sammelt die verstreuten Reste"

Graz Mummy Book: Should the History of the Book be rewritten?

During routine work on papyrus fragments in the Special Collections at Graz University Library, conservator Theresa Zammit Lupi came across a sensational find: an Egyptian papyrus from the 3rd century BC shows evidence of sewing, indicating that it must have been part of a book in codex form. The fragment was found in 1902 in the wrapping of a mummy. Being 400 years older than the earliest known books to date, the find challenges the currently accepted timeline of book history.

Neue Forschungsstipendiatin

Fragmente als nützliche Boten

Internationales Expertensymposium "Searching for Words"

Internationales Expertensymposium am 20.-21. Juni