Handbook of Greek and Latin palaeographyD. Appleton, 1893 - 343 pages |
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... taken as the alphabetical signs representing the ele- mentary sounds into which a syllable can be resolved , has always proved the most difficult . Some forms of writing , such as the ancient cuneiform and the modern Chinese , have ...
... taken as the alphabetical signs representing the ele- mentary sounds into which a syllable can be resolved , has always proved the most difficult . Some forms of writing , such as the ancient cuneiform and the modern Chinese , have ...
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... taken by the new lords of the country as material wherewith to form an alphabet of their own . But , as has already been remarked , while adopting the Egyptian forms of letters , the Semites did not also adopt their Egyptian names , nor ...
... taken by the new lords of the country as material wherewith to form an alphabet of their own . But , as has already been remarked , while adopting the Egyptian forms of letters , the Semites did not also adopt their Egyptian names , nor ...
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... taken from the Cypriote alphabet . The age of the double letter and of X and Y , as they appear in the Ionian alphabet , must , as is evident from their position , be older than or at least coeval with omega . With regard to the ...
... taken from the Cypriote alphabet . The age of the double letter and of X and Y , as they appear in the Ionian alphabet , must , as is evident from their position , be older than or at least coeval with omega . With regard to the ...
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Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. taken from the letter zayn . Xi , which seems to be the same word as shin , represents the letter samekh . San , which is probably derived from zayn , represents tsade . Sigma , which may be identified with ...
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson. taken from the letter zayn . Xi , which seems to be the same word as shin , represents the letter samekh . San , which is probably derived from zayn , represents tsade . Sigma , which may be identified with ...
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... taken from an Egyptian term . Theophrastus describes the plant as one which grows in the shallows to the height of six feet , with a triangular and tapering stem crowned with a tufted head ; the root striking out at right angles to the ...
... taken from an Egyptian term . Theophrastus describes the plant as one which grows in the shallows to the height of six feet , with a triangular and tapering stem crowned with a tufted head ; the root striking out at right angles to the ...
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