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Palaeography (history of writing)

Hardback. Based on the hieroglyphic texts of the Ramesses Age of Ancient Egypt (c. 1300-1100 BC), the books in this series present a modern English translation of the vast majority of historical sources for this important epoch of Egyptian history. This volume covers a period of great change in the early twelfth century BC (c. 1185-1155 BC). Series: Ramesside Inscriptions Translations. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 219 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Volume V
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631184317
ISBN
9780631184317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 422.10

Paperback. This study is the story of writing from its beginnings to its recent transformations through technology. The author shows how the written word originated, how it spread and how it figured in the evolution of civilization. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 608 pages, 10 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFF; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 45. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Chicago Press U.S.A.
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508368
ISBN
9780226508368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

paperback. Translator(s): French, Geoffrey. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
Translation
SKU
V9780691612881
ISBN
9780691612881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.95

Paperback. From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, this title offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. It focuses on the emergence of complete writing systems in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC. Series: Globalities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFL; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891679
ISBN
9781861891679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.39

Hardback. Drawing on varied archaeological and archival sources, David B. Lurie highlights the diverse modes and uses of writing that coexisted in Japan between the first and eighth centuries. This book illuminates not only the textual practices of early Japanese civilization but also the comparative history of writing and literacy in the ancient world. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 524 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; CFC; CFLA; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060654
ISBN
9780674060654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.42
€ 53.17

Paperback. This volume contains the papers presented during 'Off the Beaten Track - Epigraphy at the Borders' (24-25 September 2015, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy), the sixth in a series of international events planned by the EAGLE, Europeana network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy international consortium. Editor(s): Felle, Antonio E.; Rocco, Anita. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. BIC Classification: CFL; HDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 177 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Archaeopress United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784913229
ISBN
9781784913229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Pinault, Georges-Jean. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2A; CFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763536493
ISBN
9788763536493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.77
€ 44.58

Paperback. This book is an account of the writing systems of the world from earliest times to the present. Its aim is to explore the complex ways in which writing systems relate to the language they depict. Writing, Coulmas contends, is not only the guide or garment of spoken language, but has a deep and lasting effect on the development of language itself. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631180289
ISBN
9780631180289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.59

Hardback. First full-scale examination of the phenomenon of the English Vernacular minuscule, analysing the full corpus and giving an account of its history and development. Series: Publications of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 309 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 2ABC; CFLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843696
ISBN
9781843843696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.08

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 Map 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFLA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603445
ISBN
9780691603445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.84

Paperback. Gathers papers from the conference held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. This title offers a fresh perspective on approaches to writing that can be significant for the understanding of writing systems and their social functions, literacy, memory, and high-cultural communication systems in general. Editor(s): Baines, John; Bennet, Professor John; Houston, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages, 63 figures. BIC Classification: CFLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845539078
ISBN
9781845539078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.28

Paperback. Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. Discusses systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 344 pages, 134. BIC Classification: CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234647
ISBN
9780631234647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.87

hardcover. Documents Easter Island's enigmatic script, Rongorongo, Oceania's only known pre-20th-century writing system. This study of this eloquent graphic achievement shows full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving Rongorongo inscriptions, with detailed photographs of nearly all the incised artefacts. Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Num Pages: 736 pages, numerous halftones, black and white line figures, rongorongo inscriptions, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780198237105
ISBN
9780198237105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 575.88

Hardback. Konya in Anatolia (ancient Iconium) was an important Anatolian centre and Roman colony. Abundant inscriptions are an important source of information on the area. This volume provides texts and commentaries for the 231 Greek and ten Latin inscriptions housed in the city's archaeological museum. Series: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph. Num Pages: 192 pages, 189 b/w illus and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; CFL; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898249146
ISBN
9781898249146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.96

Paperback. Athanasius Kircher, S J was one of Europe's most inventive and versatile scholars in the baroque era. This book presents an interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. Num Pages: 320 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226273273
ISBN
9780226273273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.07

Hardback. "This is an excellent, accessible introduction to writing's origins and development; Powell's jargon-free exposition clarifies many important issues in a way that specialist discussions have rarely achieved to date. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFLA; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405162562
ISBN
9781405162562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.00

Hardback. Modern Hebrew, a highly synthetic Semitic language, is rich in morphemes. This volume supplies the first in-depth psycholinguistic analysis of the interaction between morphological knowledge and spelling in Hebrew as anchored in current general models of learning and literacy. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 35 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2CS; CFD; CFF; CFLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441905871
ISBN
9781441905871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CFLA; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781251331
ISBN
9781781251331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.10

Paperback. Harmony of the Spirits: Translation and the Language of Community in Early Pennsylvania Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; CFF; CFLA; HBTQ; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469633466
ISBN
9781469633466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.88

Hardcover. Accessibly written, Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach provides detailed coverage of all major writing systems of historical or structural significance with thorough discussion of structure, history, and social context as well as important theoretical issues. Discusses systems as diverse as Chinese, Greek, and Maya. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 344 pages, 134 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 270 x 193 x 25. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234630
ISBN
9780631234630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.63

Hardcover. Bringing together advice and information from a group of eminent scholars, this title aims to develop in the reader an informed and realistic approach to the mechanisms for accessing and handling manuscripts in what may be limited time. It is suitable for students and fledgling researchers in Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Editor(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, c. 50 b&w, c. 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; ACK; CFL; DSBB; HBLC; HDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780859898409
ISBN
9780859898409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.83

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 Map 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFLA; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632773
ISBN
9780691632773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.29

Paperback. The revised 1912 edition of a respected work tracing Greek and Latin handwriting from earliest times to the fifteenth century. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. Num Pages: 622 pages, 250 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; CFL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108061810
ISBN
9781108061810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.72

Hardback. In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: CFLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405154062
ISBN
9781405154062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.00

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