Hidden Language of Graphic Signs - Cryptic Writing and Meaningful Marks

This book zeroes in on hidden writing and alternative systems of graphic notation, exploring writings that deflect attention from language.

Sommario

Part I. Hidden Writing: 1. Buried and Camouflaged Writing in Early China Haicheng Wang; 2. Dazzled and Absorbed: Delayed Reading in Altered Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing Andréas Stauder; 3. Impossible Unities: Full-Figure Glyphs among the Maya Stephen Houston; 4. Inscribe and De-scribe/Cipher and De-cipher: A Pious Phrase in Medieval Byzantium and Islam Scott Redford; 5. Script, Pseudoscript, and Pseudo-pseudoscript in the Work of Filippo Lippi Benjamin C. Tilghman; 6. Numerals as Letters: Ludic Language in Chronographic Writing Stephen Chrisomalis; Part II. Legible Signs: 7. Marking and Writing in an Egyptian Workmen's Community Ben Haring; 8. The Semiotics of Signa and the Significance of Signs in Roman Stamps John Bodel; 9. Late Antique and Early Medieval Monograms (c. 300-900): From Producers' Marks to Liminal Graphic Devices Ildar Garipzanov; 10. Crests and Familial Identity in Medieval Japan David Spafford; 11. Where Credit's Due: Making Marks and Counting Labor in the Andes Howard Tsai; 12. From Modeling to Destruction: Cyclicity and Multi-Sensoriality in Learning Catechisms in the Bolivian Highlands Bérénice Gaillemin.

Info autore

John Bodel is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics at Brown University and Director of the U.S. Epigraphy Project. A specialist in the epigraphic cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, he writes about Roman history and literature and is the recipient of fellowship awards from ACLS, NEH, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.Stephen Houston serves as the Dupee Family Professor of Social Science at Brown University. A specialist in writing systems and Classic Maya civilization, Houston is the recipient of a MacArthur 'genius' award and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Quetzal, Guatemala's highest honor.

Riassunto

This book zeroes in on hidden writing and alternative systems of graphic notation. Essays by leading scholars explore forms of writing that, by their formal intricacy, deflect attention from language. The volume also examines graphs that target meaning directly, without passing through the filter of words and the medium of sound.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John (Brown University Bodel, EDITED BY JOHN BODEL
• Con la collaborazione di: John Bodel (Editore), John (Brown University Bodel (Editore), Bodel John (Editore), Stephen Houston (Editore), Stephen (Brown University Houston (Editore), Houston Stephen (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108840613
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84061-3
• Pagine: 330
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze > Formazione, professione, carriera; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Europe, Asia, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Language: history & general works, Asian History, Archaeology by period / region, History of the Americas, Ancient Egypt, Language: history and general works, Medieval European archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology