Writing signs : the Fatimid public text /
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.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1998.
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| Series: | Online access: California Digital Library UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (Open Access)
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=9445 |
Table of Contents:
- Initial Considerations
- Signing the Community
- The Fatimid Public Text and the Sign of Ismàilism
- The Fatimid Public Text in a Changing Political Climate.