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). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784912406 (PDF ebook) :
Comparative Map History and "the History of Cartography" : Methodologies, Institutions, and Idealizations /
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The apparently centuries-old field of "the history of cartography" was invented after 1950 through incomplete historiographies by leading map historians. This monograph uses an empirically grounded analysis of the ways in which early maps have been systematically studied since the early 1800s to offer an innovative account of the practices and institutions of comparative map history in support of Western imperialism and nationalism, and of how the field was reconfigured as the core of a newly idealized discipline of "the history of cartography."
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004742697
Picturing the Islamicate World : The Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms /
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In Picturing the Islamicate World, Nadja Danilenko explores the message of the first preserved maps from the Islamicate world. Safeguarded in al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms (10th century C.E.), the world map and twenty regional maps complement the text to a reference book of the territories under Muslim rule. Rather than shaping the Islamicate world according to political or religious concerns, al-Iṣṭakhrī chose a timeless design intended to outlast upheavals. Considering the treatise was transmitted for almost a millennium, al-Iṣṭakhrī's strategy seems to have paid off. By investigating the Persian and Ottoman translations and all extant manuscripts, Nadja Danilenko unravels the manuscript tradition of al-Iṣṭakhrī's work, revealing who took an interest in it and why.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004440098
9789004439856
Marcel Destombes (1905-1983): Contributions sélectionnées a l'histoire de la cartographie et des...
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Edited by G. Schilder, P. van der Krogt and S. de Clercq. Includes bibliography of Marcel Destombes (pp. xviii-xxiv).
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1 online resource (592 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004616837
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