Writing signs : the Fatimid public text /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[1998]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 214 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520208013 9780520208018 0520208021 9780520208025 |