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- Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
4: ...anguage of the court, while females were taught [[kana]] and [[poetry]]. Her father praised her intellig...
12: A fictionalized biography of Murasaki called ''The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel'' was written... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...graphy.malmesbury.bible.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display i...
2: ...is the art of decorative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: ...ncient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
6: == East Asian calligraphy ==
8: ...ot have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract art. - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
2: ...phs]]. Over time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract.
7: ...pictograms were drawn on [[clay]] tablets in vertical columns with a [[pen]] made from a sharpened [[r...
9: ... tablets found by archaeologists were preserved because they were baked when attacking armies burned t...
13: ...ogograms ([[kanji]]) from syllabary characters ([[kana]]) but otherwise retains a similar system.
18: ...The last known cuneiform inscription, an astronomical text, was written in [[75]] AD. - Cuneiform (script) (7717 bytes)
2: ...phs]]. Over time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract.
7: ...pictograms were drawn on [[clay]] tablets in vertical columns with a [[pen]] made from a sharpened [[r...
9: ... tablets found by archaeologists were preserved because they were baked when attacking armies burned t...
13: ...ogograms ([[kanji]]) from syllabary characters ([[kana]]) but otherwise retains a similar system.
18: ...The last known cuneiform inscription, an astronomical text, was written in [[75]] AD. - Assyrian (19682 bytes)
7: ...rch of the East]] ([[Nestorian]]), the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]], or the [[Syrian Orthodox Church]]...
13: Assyrians speak Modern Eastern Aramaic, often called [[Syriac]]. Within this dialect, there are tw...
20: ... designate a common language used as [[lingua franca]] by speakers of different dialects).
26: ...uch food at markets run by some of the more fanatical Muslims.
32: ...immi]]'') Jews, Christians and Mandaeans (in some cases Zoroastrians) received second-class treatment ...
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