Wouters Alfons. The Grammatical Papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt, Contributions to the Study of the Ars Grammatica in Antiquity

Paleis der Academiën, 1979. — 357 p.This contribution offers an attempt at defining the genre of grammatical papyri, on the basis of a corpus of some relevant papyri, roughly ranging from the third century BC to the 4th century CE. After a brief overview of the heuristic and methodological state of the art, we offer a content-based typology of the grammatical papyri, as forming part of the ancient Grammatical system. Subsequently we discuss the function and the general characteristics of the various text types, before dealing in greater detail with the papyri containing a technê grammatikê. The contributions reflect the multiple aspects of Wouters's scholarly activity: ancient grammaticography and language philosophy; humanistic education; literary and documentary papyrology; history of books and libraries in Antiquity.