The Ottoman System of Scripts and the Müteferrika Press

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

J.R. Osborn

Yayın yılı:

2022

Yayıncı:

De Gruyter

This paper argues that Ottoman print adoption aligns with the timeframe of Raymond William's 'long revolution'. Prior to print, Ottoman society employed a system of script variation to visually classify document genres. The Mteferrika press interfaced with and extended this system by introducing a new genre of administrative text, as well as a new 'style of script' (i.e. movable type printing) with which to represent these novel texts. These changes represent a shift in what Williams has labeled 'structures of feeling', and they reflect the broad societal changes that we now associate with print culture.

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