Graphic Signs Of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages presents a cultural history of graphic signs and examines how they were employed to commu

In this volume, twelve specialists examine the role of graphic signs such as cross signs, christograms, and monograms in the late Roman and post-Roman worlds an

Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages presents a cultural history of graphic signs and examines how they were employed to commu

This is the first major study of the interplay between Latin and Germanic vernaculars in early medieval records, examining the role of language choice in the do

A common belief is that systems of writing are committed to transparency and precise records of sound. The target is the language behind such marks. Readers, no