Volume 31 / Number 1
1989
Special Edition: Writing Systems
On The Cover: End page of a Koran from Hamadan, Iran, dated to AD 1164. The inscription, written in Naskh script, gives the date and the name of the calligrapher. Collection Object Number: NEP27
Vol. 31 / No. 1
By: John Winter
Chinese Ink
Leaving aside such cases as inscriptions incised in stone or cast in bronze, almost all traditional writing in China, as […]
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By: Cheng-mei Chang
Chinese Writing: A System of Characters Rich in Structural Diversity
Chinese writing is a system primarily intelligible to the eyes rather than to the ears. Each written character can be […]
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Vol. 31 / No. 1
By: Lynn E. Roller
The Art of Writing at Gordion
The impetus to record a previously unwritten language must be powerful, since it requires adaptation to a new kind of […]
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By: Ezat O. Negahban
Persian Calligraphy: The Development of an Art Form
Iran is one of many cultures in which the written word has been transformed into an art form, an extension […]
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By: Simon Holdaway and Susan A. Johnston
Upper Paleolithic Notation Systems in Prehistoric Europe
The search for an indigenous writing system among the prehistoric cultures of Temperate Europe has a long history which may […]
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By: Ward H. Goodenough
The Trukese-English Dictionary: Recording a Language on the Computer
The creation of a dictionary often strikes people as an extraordinary undertaking, although it is more of a commonplace at […]
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Vol. 31 / No. 1
By: John Monaghan
The Feathered Serpent in Oaxaca: An Approach to the Study of the Mixteca Codices
The Mixteca region of the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Guerrero is the home of one of the largest […]
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