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Writing Signs: The Fatimid Public Text
Writing Signs The Fatimid Public Text
Author: Irene A. Bierman
Irene Bierman explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. She focuses her exploration on the Eastern Mediterranean in the sixth through twelfth centuries, notably Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171. Examining the inscriptions on Fatimid archi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520208025
ISBN-10: 0520208021
Publication Date: 12/16/1998
Pages: 214
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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