Linguistics Collection (#2)

Theorem 18, Monas Hieroglyphica (1564). This theorem is one of 24 contained in the work Monas Hieroglyphica by Welsh astrologer John Dee (1527-1608)

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, 1666 C016 / 8928
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. 17th-century artwork showing a range of hieroglyphics inscribed on monuments from Ancient Egypt that had been erected in Rome

Middle Eastern alphabets, 1823 C017 / 8056
Middle Eastern alphabets. 19th-century tables showing the scripts and alphabets used in Hebrew, Samaritan (Hebrew and Aramaic), Phoenician (Proto-Canaanite, coin numbers)

Dante Alighieri, Italian poet C017 / 7995
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet. Dante wrote his epic poem Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) between 1308 and his death in 1321

Monas hieroglyphica (1591) C017 / 7983
Monas hieroglyphica (1591), title page. This work, originally published in 1564, consists of 24 theorems by Welsh astrologer John Dee (1527-1608)

Multiculturalism, conceptual image C013 / 4720
Multiculturalism, conceptual image. Computer artwork of speech bubbles containing words written in different scripts, representing different languages and cultures

Multiculturalism, conceptual image C013 / 4721
Multiculturalism, conceptual image. Computer artwork of speech bubbles containing words written in different scripts, representing different languages and cultures

TODOROV, Tzvetan (1939). Franco-Bulgarian philosopher

OLIVAN, Alexander (1798-1878). Military and Spanish linguist. Member of the Royal Spanish Academy, Nineteenth-century engraving

Sir William Jones, British philologist
Sir William Jones, (1746-1794) British, philologist, linguist and translator. Jones is best known today for making and propagating the observation that Sanskrit bore a certain resemblance to

Jarvsta rune stone. The runic inscriptions engraved on this stone date from the early Middle Ages. The runic alphabets were used to write down the Germanic languages before the Christianisation of

Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar
Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614), French classical scholar and philologist. Casaubon published a wide range of Latin and Greek texts with accompanying commentary

Number code, 19th century
Number code. System of semaphore-like symbols used as a code for numbers. A combination of 36 left and right arm and leg positions can be used to encode the numbers from 1 to 9999

Theodore Tronchin, French theologian
Theodore Tronchin (1582-1657), French theologian. Tronchin was a Calvinist protestant minister who represented Geneva at the Synod of Dort

Richard Francis Burton, British explorer
Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), British explorer. Expelled from Oxford University, Burton served in the army in India for seven years from 1842 where he learnt several Eastern languages

Braille reading
MODEL RELEASED. Braille reading. Hand of a blind person reading braille. The braille writing and reading system was devised by the French teacher Louis Braille (1809-1852)

Jared Diamond, American biologist
Jared Diamond. Caricature of the American scientist and author Jared Mason Diamond (born 1937) holding one of his books. Diamonds scientific work draws on a number of fields including ecology

Athanasius Kircher, German scholar
Athanasius Kircher (circa 1601-1680), German Jesuit scholar. Kircher worked in numerous different areas, including oriental studies, geology and medicine

Thomas Hyde, English orientalist
Thomas Hyde (1636-1703), English orientalist. Hyde was educated at Eton College and then Cambridge University. He studied a wide variety of languages, especially oriental ones

Chinese and Sinhalese, 18th century text
Chinese and Sinhalese text, 18th century manuscript. The Chinese characters and names (left) are for weights and measures, and the proper names of places and people

Egyptian scarabs and Cretan seal-stones. Coloured image of an illustration by the British archaeologist Arthur Evans (1851-1941)

Linear script symbols arranged in groups of two or more. Whilst excavating Knossos, the British archaeologist Arthur Evans (1851-1941) found three forms of writing which he defined as Minoan

Development of Arabic numerals. Table illustrating the development and spread of numerals from the 1st to 14th centuries AD

Cretan symbols, 5th to 6th centuries BC
Cretan symbols. Coloured illustration from a diagram by the British archaeologist Arthur Evans (1851-1941). This diagram was based on artefacts dating from the 6th to 5th centuries BC

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