Writing signs
the Fatimid public text
Edición de la obra Writing signs
| Autor | Irene A. Bierman |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of California Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1998 |
| Lugar | Berkeley |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 214 |
| ISBN-10 | 0520208013, 0520208021 |
| OCLC | 42922758, 38061655 |
| LCCN | 97050204 |
| Número de Cutter | B588w |
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.