Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text

Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text

by Irene A. Bierman (Author)

Synopsis

Explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. This title focuses on the Eastern Mediterranean in the sixth through twelfth centuries, notably Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
Edition: 1st Edition.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 22 Dec 1998

ISBN 10: 0520208021
ISBN 13: 9780520208025