The Typography of Syriac
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2006
The British Library Publishing Division (Verlag)
978-0-7123-4963-5 (ISBN)
The British Library Publishing Division (Verlag)
978-0-7123-4963-5 (ISBN)
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Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, has a remarkable Christian literature spanning a thousand years from the 4th to the 13th centuries. Using archival documents, type specimens and other scattered evidence, this study records and illustrates 129 different Syriac types.
Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, has a remarkable Christian literature spanning a thousand years from the 4th to the 13th centuries, including important versions of the Bible. It remains the liturgical language of several churches in the Middle East, India and the west, and modern Syriac is a vernacular still in use today. The challenge of conveying the beautiful cursive Syriac script, in one or another of its three variations was taken up by many type designers, from Robert Granjon in the 16th century to the Monotype and Linotype designers in recent years. Using archival documents, type specimens and other scattered evidence, this study records and illustrates 129 different Syriac types. This book will be of interest to scholars of Middle Eastern languages, as well as all historians of type and printing.
Syriac, a dialect of the ancient Aramaic language, has a remarkable Christian literature spanning a thousand years from the 4th to the 13th centuries, including important versions of the Bible. It remains the liturgical language of several churches in the Middle East, India and the west, and modern Syriac is a vernacular still in use today. The challenge of conveying the beautiful cursive Syriac script, in one or another of its three variations was taken up by many type designers, from Robert Granjon in the 16th century to the Monotype and Linotype designers in recent years. Using archival documents, type specimens and other scattered evidence, this study records and illustrates 129 different Syriac types. This book will be of interest to scholars of Middle Eastern languages, as well as all historians of type and printing.
J.F.Coakley is Senior Lecturer in the Dept of Near Eastern Languages and Civilisations at Harvard University, and his private press, the Jericho Press, makes occasional use of Syriac and other exotic types.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.9.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 129 b/w |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Paläografie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Desktop Publishing / Typographie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7123-4963-4 / 0712349634 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7123-4963-5 / 9780712349635 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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