PapPal

Available

 * http://pappal.info/

Editor

 * Rodney Ast

Description
From the project website (accessed 2020-11-10):

In order to provide a reliable point of reference for the investigation of ancient writing, PapPal (Papyrology|Palaeography) collects dated examples of hands from the 3rd c. BC to the 8th c. AD surviving mainly from Greco-Roman Egypt. Because many ancient documents preserved on papyrus are dated to the very day on which they were recorded, viewing them together brings out features that were typical of a time and, in some cases, of a place of writing. Furthermore, as no two hands are identical, comparison of a range of contemporary scripts also illuminates the variety of writing styles that existed. PapPal permits users to browse images by several different categories: year, provenance, title, keyword, material and language/script. Images can be viewed either as a list in which thumbnails are displayed in rows or as a slideshow. Links accompanying each text direct the user to the project that hosts the image as well as to a transcription at Papyri.info.