Writing Signs The Fatimid Public Text

Name: Writing Signs The Fatimid Public Text
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ISBN: 9780520208018

ISBN-10: 0520208013

ISBN-13: 9780520208018

Edition: 1998

Authors: Irene A. Bierman

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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 architecture and textiles, Bierman offers insight into all elements of that society, from religion to the economy, and the enormous changes the dynasty underwent during that period. Bierman addresses fundamental issues of what buildings mean, how inscriptions affect that meaning, and the role of written messages and the ceremonies into which they are…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/16/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 247
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface



Initial Considerations



Signing the Community



The Fatimid Public Text and the Sign of Isma'ilism



The Fatimid Public Text in a Changing Political Climate


Afterword



Fatimid Imam-Caliphs and Wazirs


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index