TY - GEN T1 - Writing signs : the Fatimid public text T2 - Online access: California Digital Library UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (Open Access) A1 - Bierman, Irene A. LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 1998 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm42922758 AB - Explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language, as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. The author focuses on the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th-12th centuries, particularly Cairo's Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171. OP - 214 CN - P211.3.E3 B54 1998eb SN - 9780520918788 SN - 0520918789 SN - 0585105642 SN - 9780585105642 SN - 9780520208025 SN - 0520208021 SN - 9780520208018 SN - 0520208013 KW - Fatimiden : 909-1171 KW - Fatimiden. KW - Written communication : Egypt : History. KW - Arabic language : Social aspects. KW - Fatimites : Language. KW - Communication écrite : Égypte : Histoire. KW - Arabe (Langue) : Aspect social. KW - Fātimides : Langage. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Literacy. KW - Arabic language : Social aspects KW - Fatimites : Language KW - Written communication KW - Egypt KW - Beschilderung KW - Kairo KW - Arabisch schrift. KW - Philology & Linguistics. KW - Languages & Literatures. KW - Geschichte 969-1171. KW - History ER -