Author: John SwintonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
An Explication of All the Inscriptions in the Palmyrene Language and Character Hitherto Publish'd
Author: John SwintonThe Fruits of Endowments
Author: Frederick Robert Augustus GloverPublisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
An Eye for Form”
Author: Jo Ann HackettPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1575068877
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
At the first meeting of his class in Northwest Semitic Epigraphy at Harvard, Frank Cross would inform students that one of the things each of them needed was an “eye for form.” By this, he meant the ability to recognize typological or evolutionary change in letters and scripts. Frank, like his teacher William Foxwell Albright, was a master of typological method. In fact, typology was the dominant feature of his epigraphic work, from the origins of the alphabet to the development of the scripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Indeed, he has written about the importance of typology itself. Because Frank Cross has so dominated the study of the ancient Near East in the last 60 years, Aufrecht once asked him what he considered his primary field of study to be. Without hesitation, he said, “Epigraphy.” It seems, therefore, that the field that he loved and to which he contributed so much is an appropriate subject for this Festschrift in his honor, which is being presented by his colleagues, friends, and former students. Included are an appreciation by Peter Machinist and a contribution by the late Pierre Bordreuil.
Numerical Notation
Author: Stephen ChrisomalisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521878187
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
This book is a cross-cultural reference volume of all attested numerical notation systems, encompassing more than 100 such systems used over the past 5,500 years. Using a typology that defies unilinear evolutionary models, Stephen Chrisomalis identifies five basic types of numerical notation systems, tracks relationships between systems, and creates a general model of change that incorporates social, historical, and cognitive factors.
The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged
Author: Bibliotheca Britannica
Author: Robert WattBibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. in Two Parts: - Authors and Subjects
Author: Bibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature
Author: Robert WattPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Author: Royal Society of London..Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labors of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World
Author: John Martyn (Londres)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description