Universal Palaeography: Or, Fac-similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods ... by J. B. Silvestre, Accompanied by an Historical and Descriptive Text and Introd, 1. ciltH. G. Bohn, 1849 |
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Sayfa i
... specimens . ( Ibid . ) MANCHU WRITING . Various specimens . ( Ibid . ) .. TIBETAN AND MONGOLIAN WRITING . Buddhist texts . ( Ibid . ) .. IIIRD B.C. to present time . XVIIITH XIX TM XVIIITH .. VIII . IX . X. XI . XII . .. INDIAN WRITING ...
... specimens . ( Ibid . ) MANCHU WRITING . Various specimens . ( Ibid . ) .. TIBETAN AND MONGOLIAN WRITING . Buddhist texts . ( Ibid . ) .. IIIRD B.C. to present time . XVIIITH XIX TM XVIIITH .. VIII . IX . X. XI . XII . .. INDIAN WRITING ...
Sayfa ii
... specimens from MSS . written in Asia , Africa , and Spain . ( Ibid . ) . .. .. [ See also Arabic writing in Plates LII . , LIII . , LXXXVIII . ] Specimen from a Coran . ( Ibid . , No. 173 ) Specimens of the Cufic character , from frag ...
... specimens from MSS . written in Asia , Africa , and Spain . ( Ibid . ) . .. .. [ See also Arabic writing in Plates LII . , LIII . , LXXXVIII . ] Specimen from a Coran . ( Ibid . , No. 173 ) Specimens of the Cufic character , from frag ...
Sayfa xiii
... documents . ( Bibl . R. , Paris ) QUIPOS OF THE PERUVIANS . Specimen of a modern invention , to answer the same purpose XVTH XVITH XVIIITH UNIVERSAL PALEOGRAPHY . INTRODUCTION . WRITING , or the art LIST OF PLATES . xiii.
... documents . ( Bibl . R. , Paris ) QUIPOS OF THE PERUVIANS . Specimen of a modern invention , to answer the same purpose XVTH XVITH XVIIITH UNIVERSAL PALEOGRAPHY . INTRODUCTION . WRITING , or the art LIST OF PLATES . xiii.
Sayfa lix
... specimens assembled together in the present work , in the order of time and place , will exhibit these varieties of form to our readers , who will readily be able , after the slightest examination of the Latin texts , to discriminate ...
... specimens assembled together in the present work , in the order of time and place , will exhibit these varieties of form to our readers , who will readily be able , after the slightest examination of the Latin texts , to discriminate ...
Sayfa lxiii
... this conjecture in favor of the great antiquity of this order . The most ancient specimen of Greek writing engraved in the present work , with a certain date , is the Letter of Dioscorides to Dorion , in which the date INTRODUCTION . lxiii.
... this conjecture in favor of the great antiquity of this order . The most ancient specimen of Greek writing engraved in the present work , with a certain date , is the Letter of Dioscorides to Dorion , in which the date INTRODUCTION . lxiii.
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accents ancient antiquity Arabic Assyria belonged Bibl Bibliothèque Royale celebrated Champollion characters Charlemagne Chinese Christian Church commencement contains copied Coptic Coptic alphabet cuneiform Devanagari Egypt Egyptian language Egyptian writing eighth century elegant Emperor employed executed exhibits exist expressed fac-simile figurative fragments France gold Gospels Greek alphabet Greek manuscripts GREEK WRITING Hebrew hieratic hieroglyphic Ibid idioms India inscriptions invention IXTH kind of writing king language Latin Laurentian library majuscule manu miniatures MINUSCULE WRITING modern Montfaucon monuments nations ninth century origin ornamented palæographical papyrus period Persian Phoenician phonetic Plate present preserved primitive Ptolemy reign remarkable represented right to left Roman capitals Rome Royale at Paris rustic capitals Samaritan Samaritan alphabet scribe script seventh century signs specimen strokes Syriac tion Treatise uncial letters UNCIAL WRITING Vatican Vatican Library vellum verses VIIITH volume vowels whilst words written XIVTH XVTH Zend
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