Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (1)

Introductory lecture (1) : why ?

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (2)

Introductory lecture (2) : a few definitions and methodological caveats

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (3)

Introductory lecture (3) : terminology of multilingualism in Greek and perception of multilingualism in the Greco-Roman world (top)

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (4)

Introductory lecture (4) : perception of multilingualism in the Greco-Roman world (end)

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (5)

Pehlevi (Middle Persian) versus Greek and Egyptian (1)

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (6)

Pehlevi (Middle Persian) versus Greek and Egyptian (2)

Arabic versus Greek (1) : a changing country, changing documentation - methodological obstacles

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (7)

Arabic versus Greek (2) : the policy of Arabization according to literary sources - the discreet rise of Arabic in the ^7th century - the first Arabic administrative documents and a (d)surprising text (SB VI 9576)

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (8)

Arabic versus Greek (3) : Arabo-Greek entagia (tax payment orders) and the symbolic presence of Arabic - an administration still dependent on Greek speakers - the private use of Arabic in the ^7th century - assessment of Arabization in the ^7th century according to papyri

Study of Byzantine papyri relating to multilingualism (9)

Arabic versus Greek (4) : the decisive decades (end of the Umayyad period) (top)

Arabic versus Greek (5) : the decisive decades (end of the Umayyad period) (end)

The movement of people in ^7th- and ^8th-century Egypt : the contribution of multilingual documentation

Arabic versus Greek (6) : the impact of Arabization on Greek