Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... already possess in the earliest existing monuments . Originally these signs were ideograms or pictures , either actual or symbolical , of tangible objects or abstract ideas which they expressed . From the ideograms in course. 2.
... already possess in the earliest existing monuments . Originally these signs were ideograms or pictures , either actual or symbolical , of tangible objects or abstract ideas which they expressed . From the ideograms in course. 2.
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... already been remarked , while adopting the Egyptian forms of letters , the Semites did not also adopt their Egyptian names , nor did they keep to their order . This latter divergence may be due to the fact that it was a selection that ...
... already been remarked , while adopting the Egyptian forms of letters , the Semites did not also adopt their Egyptian names , nor did they keep to their order . This latter divergence may be due to the fact that it was a selection that ...
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... already been referred to as the Ionian , common to the cities on the western coast of Asia Minor and the neighbouring islands , and the alphabets of Megara , Argos , and Corinth and her colonies ; and , in a modified degree , those of ...
... already been referred to as the Ionian , common to the cities on the western coast of Asia Minor and the neighbouring islands , and the alphabets of Megara , Argos , and Corinth and her colonies ; and , in a modified degree , those of ...
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... already manufactured ; and it is doubtful whether any native plant grew in that country . Strabo says that it was found in Lake Trasimene and other lakes of Etruria ; but the accuracy of this statement has been disputed . Still , it is ...
... already manufactured ; and it is doubtful whether any native plant grew in that country . Strabo says that it was found in Lake Trasimene and other lakes of Etruria ; but the accuracy of this statement has been disputed . Still , it is ...
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... already stated , its early European names point to the general idea that it was made of cotton . But recent investigations have thrown doubts on the accuracy of this view ; and a careful analysis of many early samples has proved that ...
... already stated , its early European names point to the general idea that it was made of cotton . But recent investigations have thrown doubts on the accuracy of this view ; and a careful analysis of many early samples has proved that ...
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