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Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text Irene A. Bierman
Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text
Irene A. Bierman
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.
247 pages, 36 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 5 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 16, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520208025 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 247 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 363 g |
| Language | English |