Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
A Collection of Kachári Folk-Tales and Rhymes
Author: J.D. AndersonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 336800803X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Reproduction of the original, first published in 1895.
List of Grammars, Dictionaries, Etc
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A Collection of Kach¿ Folk-Tales and Rhymes
Author: James Drummond AndersonPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337547066
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Census of India, 1961
Author: India. Office of the Registrar GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Slovenly Peter
Author: Edward Waldo EmersonPublisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353084711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Mystery of Numbers
Author: Annemarie SchimmelPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199879850
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Why is the number seven lucky--even holy--in almost every culture? Why do we speak of the four corners of the earth? Why do cats have nine lives (except in Iran, where they have seven)? From literature to folklore to private superstitions, numbers play a conspicuous role in our daily lives. But in this fascinating book, Annemarie Schimmel shows that numbers have been filled with mystery and meaning since the earliest times, and across every society. In The Mystery of Numbers Annemarie Schimmel conducts an illuminating tour of the mysteries attributed to numbers over the centuries. She begins with an informative and often surprising introduction to the origins of number systems: pre-Roman Europeans, for example, may have had one based on twenty, not ten (as suggested by the English word "score" and the French word for 80, quatrevingt --four times twenty), while the Mayans had a system more sophisticated than our own. Schimmel also reveals how our fascination with numbers has led to a rich cross-fertilization of mathematical knowledge: "Arabic" numerals, for instance, were picked up by Europe from the Arabs, who had earlier adopted them from Indian sources ("Algorithm" and "algebra" are corruptions of the Arabic author and title names of a mathematical text prized in medieval Europe). But the heart of the book is an engrossing guide to the symbolism of numbers. Number symbolism, she shows, has deep roots in Western culture, from the philosophy of the Pythagoreans and Platonists, to the religious mysticism of the Cabala and the Islamic Brethren of Purity, to Kepler's belief that the laws of planetary motion should be mathematically elegant, to the unlucky thirteen. After exploring the sources of number symbolism, Schimmel examines individual numbers ranging from one to ten thousand, discussing the meanings they have had for Judaic, Christian, and Islamic traditions, with examples from Indian, Chinese, and Native American cultures as well. Two, for instance, has widely been seen as a number of contradiction and polarity, a number of discord and antithesis. And six, according to ancient and neo-platonic thinking, is the most perfect number because it is both the sum and the product of its parts (1+2+3=6 and 1x2x3=6). Using examples ranging from the Bible to the Mayans to Shakespeare, she shows how numbers have been considered feminine and masculine, holy and evil, lucky and unlucky. A highly respected scholar of Islamic culture, Annemarie Schimmel draws on her vast knowledge to paint a rich, cross-cultural portrait of the many meanings of numbers. Engaging and accessible, her account uncovers the roots of a phenomenon we all feel every Friday the thirteenth.
Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors
Author: Nora DauenhauerPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295964959
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Recorded from the 1960s to the present by twelve tradition bearers who were passing down for future generations the accounts of haa shuka, which means our ancestors. Narratives tell of the origin of social and spiritual concepts and explain complex relationships. Text in Tlingit with English translation on the opposite page. Includes biographies of the narrators. Also extensive introduction and notes.
Literary Sinitic and East Asia
Author: Bunkyo KinPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004437304
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
In Literary Sinitic and East Asia: A Cultural Sphere of Vernacular Reading, Professor Kin Bunkyō surveys the ‘vernacular reading’ technologies used to read Literary Sinitic through a wide variety of vernacular languages across diverse premodern literary cultures in East Asia.
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