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The Development of the Arabic Scripts: From the Nabatean Era to the First Islamic Century According to Dated Texts

By Beatrice Gruendler

Book information

Publisher
Scholars Press
Year
1993
Google Books ID
65kOAAAAYAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
51 MB (53212417 bytes)
Pages
171\182
Time added
2023-10-24 01:37:24

Description

As an early contribution to the neglected field of Arabic paleography, assembles all published, dated Arabic texts from the first century AH (622-719 CE), arranges them in chronological order, and uses that list to explore the evolution of the written script. The evidence include texts in Nabatean (which Gruendler accepts as the immediate precursor to Arabic), pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions, epigraphic texts, and Arabic papyri. The discussion includes the development of individual graphemes, monumental versus cursive affiliations, homogenization, and other topics. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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