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Writing signs

Irene A. Bierman · 1998

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Explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language, as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. The author focuses on the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th-12th centuries, particularly Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171.

Book details

Year
1998
Language
English
Publisher
University of California Press
Editions
1
Pages
247
ISBN
9780520918788

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