Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Sign, Symbol, Script. An Exhibition on the Origins of Writing and the Alphabet
(149 words)

Editors

Martha L. Carter, Keith N. Schoville.

Imprint

Madison, Wis., USA, 1983. 88 pp., illustrations: 112 b&w, 28 × 21.6 cm. English.

Location

State Historical Society of Wisconsin (21 August–23 October 1983)

Description

The history of writing and alphabets, and the means by which they were disseminated throughout the world. Semitic alphabet discussed in Section IV (Syria-Palestine); the diffusion of Hebrew and Aramaic covered in Section VII. 305 items.

main keywords

ALPHABET, HEBREW
HEBREW SCRIPT

minor keywords

Archaeological finds

Other venues

Milwaukee Public Museum, Wis., USA (12 November 1983–5 January 1984); Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Tex., USA (19 February–29 April 1984); Arizona Museum of Science and Technology, Phoenix, Ariz., USA (26 May–9 September 1984); Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Tex., USA (22 September–2 December 1984); Horn Archaeological Museum, Berrien Springs, Mich., USA (22 December 1984–17 March 1985); Denver Museum of Natural History, Colo., USA (13 April–7 July 1985); Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Md., USA (27 July–20 October 1985)

Cite this page
“Sign, Symbol, Script. An Exhibition on the Origins of Writing and the Alphabet”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0742>
First published online: 2019



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