Archaeological paleography : a proposal for tracing the role of interaction in Mayan script innovation via material remains /
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This volume explores the development of the Maya writing system in Middle-Late Formative and Early Classic period (700 BC-AD 450) Mesoamerica.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784912406 (PDF ebook) :
Among digitized manuscripts : philology, codicology, paleography in a digital world /
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"Working with manuscripts has become a digital affair. But, are there downsides to digital photos? And how can you take advantage of the incredible computing power you have literally at your fingertips? Cornelis van Lit explains in detail what happens when manuscript studies meets digital humanities. In Among Digitized Manuscripts you will learn why it is important to include a note on the photo quality in your codicological description, how to draw, collect, and publish glyphs of paleographic interest, what standards (such as TEI and IIIF) to abide by when transcribing a text, how to write custom software for image recognition, and much more. The leading principle is that learning a little about computers will already be of great benefit".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004400351
Le tombeau de Mererouka : paleographie /
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"This new volume in the collection "Paléographie hiéroglyphique" is dedicated to the mastaba of Mereuka (early 6th dynasty). It examines the 356 hieroglyphic signs carved (and sometimes painted) found in the tomb. The palaeographical commentary defines the nature of each sign considering the other variants in the contemporary sources and details their different uses in the monument as well as in others. The book is illustrated by 108 plates based on the publication of the mastaba by the Oriental Institute of Chicago, presenting a selection of characteristic drawings of the various hieroglyphs identified" -- back cover.
The Oriental Institute publications keyed to this volume are numbers 31 and 39 in the series -- cataloger note. :
xxii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm. :
bibliography : pages xiii-xxii.
Instructions for the netherworld : the Orphic gold tablets /
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Orphic gold tables are key documents for the knowledge of rites and beliefs of Orphics, an atypical group that configured a highly original creed and that influenced powerfully over other Greek writers and thinkers. The recent discovery of some tablets has forced a noteworthy modification of some points of view and a review ofthe different hypothesis proposed about them. The book presents a complete edition of the texts, their translation and some fundamental keys for their interpretation, in an attempt at updating our current knowledge on Orphic ideas about the soul and the Afterlife stated in those texts. The work is improved with an appendix of iconographic annotations in which some plastic representations in drawings are reproduced related to the universe of tablets, selected and commented on by Ricardo Olmos.
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1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047423744 :
0927-7633 ; :
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