Cretan hieroglyphic / edited by Matilde Civitillo, Silvia Ferrara, Torsten Meissner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Civitillo, Matilde, editor.

Ferrara, Silvia, editor.

Meissner, Torsten, editor.

Series:

Cambridge classical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions--Greece--Crete.

Inscriptions.

Hieroglyphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 326 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Nearly 4000 years ago a hieroglyphic script was used on Crete which predates Linear A and Linear B, indeed any other writing in Europe, but remains undeciphered since its discovery at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is the first comprehensive account of this script, which is analysed by the leading experts through an array of lenses, including archaeology, philology, palaeography, cognitive studies and decipherment theory, in order to showcase its importance in the history of writing. The book takes a broad approach to writing, understanding it not solely or even mainly as a visual tool to convey language, but primarily as a social and cultural phenomenon rooted in agency, materiality, and semiotics. The volume will provide an invaluable tool for scholars and will facilitate further research.--Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction : The Earliest Script on Crete: Semiotics, Linguistics, Archaeology and Palaeography / Matilda Civitillo, Silvia Ferrara, Torsten Meissner

Cretan Hieroglyphic Sign Repertoires: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow / Silvia Ferrara

Origins and Interface with Iconography / Miguel Valério

Cretan Hieroglyphic Writing as a System of Visual Encoding: Iconicity and Graphic Communication / Georgial Flouda

Macro View: Uses, Social Practices and Ideological Implications of Cretan Hieroglyphic Texts / Anna Margherita Jasink and Judith Weingarten

Forms, Materials and Sequences / Matilde Civitillo

Scribal Practices, Syntax and Morphology / Philippa M. Steele

The Relationship Between Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Other Cretan Scripts / Torsten Meissner and Ester Salgarella

Investigations into the Language(s) Behind Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A / Brent Davis

The Future of Cretan Hieroglyphs: Outlooks and Trajectories / John Bennet and Vassilis Petrakis

Epilogue / John G. Younger - Appendix. Annotated Index of Cretan Hieroglyphic Sequences of Two or More Signs

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Oct 2024).

ISBN:

9781009490115

1009490117

9781009490122

1009490125