Format:
XVI, 214 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
ISBN:
0520208013
,
0520208021
,
9780520208025
Content:
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.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Fatimiden 909-1171
;
Kairo
;
Beschilderung
;
Geschichte 969-1171
;
Arabisch
;
Inschrift
;
Geschichte 969-1171