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Irene Bierman explores the complex relationship between alphabet and language as well as the ways the two elements are socially defined by time and place. She focuses her exploration on the Eastern Mediterranean in the sixth through twelfth centuries, notably Cairos Fatimid dynasty of 969-1171. Examining the inscriptions on Fatimid architecture and textiles, Bierman offers insight into all elements of that society, from religion to the economy, and the enormous changes the dynasty underwent during that period. Bierman addresses fundamental issues of what buildings mean, how inscriptions affect that meaning, and the role of written messages and the ceremonies into which they are incorporated in service of propagandist goals. Her method and conclusions provide a pioneering model for studying public writing in other societies and offer powerful evidence to show that writing is a highly charged and deeply embedded social practice.

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title Writing Signs The Fatimid Public Text author Bierman - photo 1
title:Writing Signs : The Fatimid Public Text
author:Bierman, Irene A.
publisher:University of California Press
isbn10 | asin:0520208021
print isbn13:9780520208025
ebook isbn13:9780585105642
language:English
subjectWritten communication--Egypt--History, Arabic language--Social aspects, Fatimites--Language.
publication date:1998
lcc:P211.3.E3B54 1998eb
ddc:302.2/244/096209021
subject:Written communication--Egypt--History, Arabic language--Social aspects, Fatimites--Language.
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Writing Signs
The Fatimid Public Text
Irene A. Bierman
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley / Los Angeles / London
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
1998 by
The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bierman, Irene A.
Writing signs: the Fatimid public text / Irene A. Bierman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-520-20801-3 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 0-520-20802-1
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Written communicationEgyptHistory. 2. Arabic
languageSocial aspects. 3. Fatimites Language. I. Title.
P211.3.E3B54 1998
302.2'244'096209021dc21Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4Picture 597-50204
Picture 6Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9Picture 10Picture 11Picture 12CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Chapter 1:
Initial Considerations
1
Chapter 2:
Signing the Community
28
Chapter 3:
The Fatimid Public Text and the Sign of Isma`ilism
60
Chapter 4:
The Fatimid Public Text in a Changing Political Climate
100
Afterword
133
Appendix: Fatimid Imam-Caliphs and Wazirs
147
Glossary
149
Notes
153
Bibliography
191
Index
207

Page ix
Illustrations
Figures
1. Northern minaret, mosque of al-Hakim
3
2. Sanctuary, mosque of al-Hakim
5
3. Interior, sanctuary, al-Azhar mosque
6
4. Original mihrab, mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun
7
5. Copper coin, Umayyad period, Greek language
33
6. Copper coin, Umayyad period, Greek and Arabic languages
34
7. Copper coin, Umayyad period, Arabic language
35
8. Umayyad silver coin, Khosraw II
36
9. Reform coin, 'Abd al-Malik
37
10. Interior, Dome of the Rock
38
11. Floor mosaic, church of Shellal
39
12. Floor mosaic, synagogue at Gaza
40
13. Floor mosaic, Ma'on synagogue
41
14. Floor mosaic, Armenian church, Jerusalem
42
15. Niche, St. Polyeuktos
45
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