Sarah E. Bond: There is a lot of current and forthcoming amazing work on disability attached to ancient scribal practices. A new open access article looks at the spinal impact on Egyptian scribes. www.nature.com/articles/s41... turns out criss-cross applesauce writing is very bad for the spine, joints, & even jaw

There is a lot of current and forthcoming amazing work on disability attached to ancient scribal practices. A new open access article looks at the spinal impact on Egyptian scribes. www.nature.com/articles/s41... turns out criss-cross applesauce writing is very bad for the spine, joints, & even jaw

Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom) - Scientific Reportswww.nature.com Scientific Reports - Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom)

But for the impact of Roman scribal practices on the largely enslaved body, See @candidamoss.bsky.social in the forthcoming:, ‘Disability’, in J. Coogan, J. Howley & Candida Moss (eds.), Writing, Enslavement, and Power (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming) & academic.oup.com/jts/article/...

The Secretary: Enslaved Workers, Stenography, and the Production of Early Christian Literatureacademic.oup.com Abstract. This article examines the evidence for the role of enslaved and formerly enslaved secretaries in the production of the New Testament. While secre

Anyways, it is really important to reconstruct the impact of writing on the body in antiquity & today. There are some great scholars working on disability like Moss, Debby Sneed, @meghanhenning.bsky.social, @isaacsoon.bsky.social, Christian Laes, @jldraycott.bsky.social & many more! Check them out.

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