Scripta Minoa - Couverture souple

Loon, Hendrik Van

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334404046 ISBN 13 : 9781334404047

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Comprehensive study of Minoan writing, illustrated with photographs and careful analysis

This volume presents a complete corpus of Minoan Crete’s written records, assembled to support further study of this ancient script. It combines photographic facsimiles with copies of the documents and a critical apparatus to help readers understand how the scripts evolved across time.

The work outlines the genesis and relationships of the Minoan signs, from primitive pictographs to hieroglyphic and linear scripts, and it places them within Crete’s broader cultural history. While it remains a foundational, text-centered reference, it also lays the groundwork for future interpretation and transliteration as new evidence emerges.

• A first-hand collection of the surviving signs, signs orders, and signaries, with careful documentation
• Explanatory catalogues showing how different documents form a connected writing system
• Analysis of numeration, formulas, and the evolution of sign groups across periods
• Contextual discussion linking Minoan writing to broader Mediterranean interactions and early literacy

Ideal for students, researchers, and readers who want a solid, scholarly introduction to Minoan scripts and their place in ancient Crete.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Scripta Minoa, Vol. 1: The Written Documents of Minoan Crete, With Special Reference to the Archives of Knossos; The Hieroglyphic and Primitive Linear Classes With an Account of the Discovery of the Pre-Phoenician Scripts

For these reasons the First Part of the present volume has been devoted to a summary View of all the successive types of Minoan script, including the primitive pictographic, the hieroglyphic, and the advanced linear classes. Their genesis is traced from a widespread European family of immemorial antiquity, and the place occupied by them among other early forms of writing traceable throughout the Mediterranean basin is as far as possible defined.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334404046
• ISBN 13: 9781334404047
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible