David Diringer, (1900-1975), is a Britishlinguist, alphabetologist, palaeographer, writer. He is the author of several well-known books about writing systems. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... Palaeography, literally old writing, (from the Greek words paleos = old and grapho = write) is the study of script. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A writing system, also called a script, is a type of symbolic communication system used to represent elements or statements expressible in some spoken language, for the purpose of communication. ...
Bibliography
The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind; ISBN 8121507480
History of the Alphabet, 1977; ISBN 0905418123
The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental; ISBN 0486242439
Indeed this author's use of the word 'book' to designate any written material is a source of ambiguity as Dr. Diringer further refined his definition of a book to only the written word found "on perishible material such as wood, leather, or papyrus" (p.
In chronological order, each photocopy of a scroll, parchment, or codex coincided with Dr. Diringer's explanation of a period in a country's ancient history in which that document was produced.
Diringer made his work further interesting by juxtaposing several copies of ancient manuscripts for either penmanship, language, material, or size comparison.
Feeds |
Contact