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Exploring one of the world's few intensive crash courses in the preservation of ancient papyrus manuscripts.

Exploring one of the world's few intensive crash courses in the preservation of ancient papyrus manuscripts.

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August 20th, 2026

Exploring one of the world's few intensive crash courses in the preservation of ancient papyrus manuscripts.

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Shi Jinjiang positioned the precision binocular head-mounted magnifier before his eyes, then bent forward to bring himself within mere inches of the ancient text resting upon the illuminated plate.

史金江精密之双目头戴式放大镜架于眼前俯身趋近置于光板之上古代文本,相距不过数英寸。

With both hands, Shi Jin wielded a specialized instrument to conduct an exceedingly meticulous examination of this sheet, meticulously crafted from papyrus fibers, his procedure so scrupulous as to be tantamount to treading on thin ice.

史金以双手执持专用工具这张由纸莎草纤维精制而成的薄片进行了极为审慎的探查其操作之缜密堪称如履薄冰

After all, this document had in all likelihood remained untouched for an entire century, or perhaps had lain in obscurity, unheeded, for a millennium or more.

毕竟此份文献极可能历经整整一个世纪未曾遭人触碰,甚或自千载之前便已湮没于无人问津之境

According to the University of Michigan, its summer seminar on the conservation of papyrus documents stands as the sole such symposium in the Americas and ranks among a mere handful worldwide dedicated to imparting best practices for the preservation of papyrus manuscripts.

密歇根大学所述,其主办的纸莎草文献保护暑期研讨会美洲同类研讨会中之唯一亦为全球范围内屈指可数旨在传授纸莎草手稿保存最佳实践之学术盛会。

Such manuscripts are ancient texts inscribed upon scrolls or sheets fabricated from the papyrus plant.

此类手稿书写于以纸莎草植物为原料制成的卷轴纸张之上的古代典籍

"Should your fingertips but graze this papyrus scroll, you would sense the very pulse of history," remarked Shi Jin, a scholar hailing from China.

你指尖轻触这卷纸莎草便能感知历史的脉动,”来自中国的史金如是说

She is one of nine scholars from across the globeincluding Ireland, Italy, and the United Stateswho partook in this ten-day intensive workshop.

来自全球各地——包括爱尔兰、意大利与美国——的九位学者之一参与了这场为期十日的研习课程

Michigan's papyrological collection, spanning from the first millennium BCE through the first millennium CE, encompasses textual and documentary remains exceeding two millennia in temporal scope.

密歇根的纸莎草学典藏其时间跨度自公元前一千纪延伸至公元一千纪囊括了逾两千年的文本与文献遗存

The institution at Ann Arbor asserts that within the Western Hemisphere, no comparable assemblage rivals its own, thereby affording scholars an invaluable opportunity to engage with a vast corpus of ancient papyri.

安娜堡学府宣称在西半球范围内尚无任何机构的此类收藏可与之比肩这为学者们提供了接触浩瀚古代纸莎草文献宝贵契机

Not only does it preserve fragmentary remnants of Homer's epics, the Odyssey and the Iliad, but it also encompasses the writings of the philosopher Epicurus, alongside the earliest known manuscript of the Pauline epistles.

其中不仅收录了荷马史诗《奥德赛》《伊利亚特》的残卷断篇还囊括了哲学家伊壁鸠鲁的著述以及已知年代最为久远的保罗书信抄本

"To carry on this tradition is indeed a weighty charge, yet it is one replete with fascination and benefit, for there is naught else in this world that so captivates my spirit as bringing together people from all corners of the globe to exchange ideas and learn from one another," remarked Marika Kaye, who oversees the preservation of physical collections at the University of Michigan Library.

承继这一传统实乃一项沉甸甸的使命其本身亦饶富趣味与裨益盖因世间再无他事能比令五湖四海之人汇聚一堂切磋思想互为师表更令我心神往之,”执掌密歇根大学图书馆物理馆藏保存事务玛丽卡·凯伊如是言道

Kay asserts that she endeavors to cultivate an atmosphere of "reassurance and utter absence of intimidation, for many individuals, upon coming into contact with these ancient relics, are prone to experiencing profound trepidation."

凯伊宣称她致力于营造一种“令人心安且毫无威慑力的氛围,因为众多人士在触碰这些古代遗存时,往往会萌生极度的惊惧。”

The seminar imparted to papyrologists and conservators the techniques for handling, storing, and preserving ancient documents, and encompassed documentation practices.

研讨会纸莎草学专家文物保护工作者传授了处理储存保藏古代文献的技术,并涵盖了文献记录实践

Given that papyrus and its ink are prone to crumbling, staining, or fracturing, Kay urged students to remove dust, sand, salt deposits, and debris with meticulous care; to employ controlled humidity to soften creases and realign fibers; and to dry the papyrus slowly under gentle pressure to preclude curling and distortion.

鉴于纸莎草及其墨迹碎裂污损断裂凯伊敦促学生们审慎之姿清除尘埃沙粒盐渍碎屑借助受控湿度软化折痕重新对齐纤维并在轻微压力缓慢干燥纸莎草,以防卷曲变形

The inaugural symposium originated in 2012 and has since convened biennially, with the sole exception of 2020, when it was suspended owing to the pandemic.

首届研讨会肇端于2012年此后每两年举办一届唯2020年因疫情而中断

To date, approximately fifty students have cumulatively partaken in the proceedings.

迄今累计约有五十名学生参与其中。

"Should we fail to cultivate a new generation of custodians of the written word, this craft risks being consigned to the annals of history," asserts Giuliano Sidro, curator of the Michigan Papyrus Collection.

倘若我们未能培育出新一代文献守护者这门技艺恐将湮没于历史长河之中,”密歇根纸莎草学典藏馆馆长朱利亚诺·西德罗如是断言

The University of Michigan's collection of papyrus manuscripts is vast, and researchers have yet to exhaustively examine it in its entirety.

密歇根所藏纸莎草手稿卷帙浩繁研究人员迄今尚未对其全数勘验完毕

Some of these were acquired through purchase, while others derive from the university's excavations at the ancient Egyptian site of Karanis between 1924 and 1935.

其中部分系购得之物另有若干则源自1924年至1935年间大学对埃及古代卡兰尼斯遗址的发掘成果

Francis Willey Kelsey, a professor of Latin who passed away in 1927, was the driving force behind the establishment of this papyrological collection.

弗朗西斯·威利·凯尔西一位拉丁语教授于1927年辞世乃是建立该纸莎草学收藏之核心驱动力

He was firmly convinced that students of the ancient world at Michigan must not only immerse themselves in literary texts but also engage directly with the material remnants of antiquity.

他坚信密歇根研习古代世界的学子不仅需浸润于典籍之中更须亲炙古代物质文化的遗存

To this day, the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology stands on the Michigan campus as an iconic edifice.

时至今日凯尔西考古博物馆矗立于密歇根校园成为其标志性建筑

The cream of its holdings ranks among the most distinguished assemblages of Greco-Roman Egyptian daily-life artifacts outside Cairo.

其藏品之精粹堪称开罗以外最卓越的希腊罗马时期埃及日常生活器物汇编之一

"This is a place where one may delve into the arcane, or so it might be said on any given dayshould one but step into the storeroom, unseal a casket, unfold its contents, and then devote oneself to meticulous perusal," remarked Sidro.

此乃一处可供探赜索隐之地,或可谓日日皆然——但凡步入库房一箧笥其内藏继而潜心披阅,”西德罗言道

Indeed, to attain a profound comprehension of this content, one must possess the capacity to discern Arabic, Ancient Greek, or Latin, and even Egyptianone of the earliest known writing systems, now consigned to the annals of oblivion.

诚然欲透彻领悟此番内容须具备辨识阿拉伯语古希腊语拉丁语乃至埃及语之能力——此乃已知最早的文字体系之一今已湮灭于历史长河

A contingent of symposium attendees were able to peruse the papyrus documents in their entirety, encompassing not only Arzak Muhammad, who commands profound expertise in Arabic, but also Mauro Castillo, a doctoral candidate in papyrology from Milan, whose proficiency extends to the translation of Ancient Greek and Latin.

部分研讨会与会者得以通读纸莎草文献其中既包括深谙阿拉伯语的阿尔扎克·穆罕默德亦不乏来自米兰的纸莎草学博士研究生毛罗·卡斯蒂略,其精通古希腊语与拉丁语之翻译

Kai asserted that she had persistently exerted every effort to facilitate the participation of a student hailing from Egypt in the seminar.

凯伊宣称始终不遗余力地促使一名来自埃及的学生参与研讨会

Mohamed, a scholar hailing from Fayoum, Egypta mere stone's throw from the Karanis archaeological sitecurrently serves as a postdoctoral research fellow at Macquarie University in Sydney.

穆罕默德,这位源自埃及法尤姆——距卡兰尼斯遗址仅咫尺之遥——的学者现于悉尼麦考瑞大学担任博士后研究员

For years, she had been privy to the renown of the papyrus symposium, yet circumstances had precluded her attendance, and her yearning to partake had grown ever more fervent with each passing day.

多年来始终耳闻纸莎草研讨会的盛誉因故未能亲临其境心中向往之情与日俱增

This mother of three, at the age of forty-two, remarked with profound sentiment: "Now, I am able to transmit this knowledge from Michigan to Egypt, and even as far afield as Australia.

这位育有三名子女年届四十二岁的母亲慨然叹道:“如今得以将这份知识从密歇根传至埃及乃至远播澳大利亚

I aspire, like a link in a chain, to bind these three nations inextricably together."

如链环般将这三个国度紧密串联。”

"By preserving this information in its entirety, we are able to pass on knowledge from one generation to the next, ensuring its continuity and benefiting posterity," she added.

通过将这些信息悉数保存我们得以将知识薪火相传,使之绵延不绝泽被后世,”她补充道

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