ISBN:
9780520208025
,
0520208021
,
9780520208018
,
0520208013
,
9780520918788
,
0520918789
,
0585105642
,
9780585105642
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvi, 214 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Writing signs
DDC:
302.2244096209021
Keywords:
Fatimiden
;
Fatimiden
;
Written communication History
;
Egypt
;
Arabic language Social aspects
;
Fatimites Language
;
Egypt
;
Written communication History
;
Arabic language Social aspects
;
Fatimites Language
;
Fatimites Language
;
Written communication History
;
Arabic language Social aspects
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Literacy
;
Arabic language ; Social aspects
;
Fatimites ; Language
;
Written communication
;
Philology & Linguistics
;
Languages & Literatures
;
Beschilderung
;
Arabisch schrift
;
Fatimiden
;
Geschichte 969-1171
;
History
;
Kairo
;
Egypt
;
Kairo
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Initial ConsiderationsSigning the Community -- The Fatimid Public Text and the Sign of Ismàilism -- The Fatimid Public Text in a Changing Political Climate.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index. - Description based on print version record
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