• David Diringer (16 June 1900 – 13 February 1975) was a British linguist, palaeographer and writer. He was the author of several well-known books about...
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    in 1948 by James Germain Février (using the term néosyllabisme) and David Diringer (using the term semisyllabary), then in 1959 by Fred Householder (introducing...
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  • claim by Michael Rappenglueck, of the University of Munich (2000) [1] David Diringer, The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental, Courier Dover...
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    Corruption, and Restoration (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 8. David Diringer, The Book before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental, Dover Publications...
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    had a long history in other cultures outside of the Greeks as well. David Diringer noted that "the first mention of Egyptian documents written on leather...
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    (affinity), 95–96 (economy), 115–119 (religion), 137 (funerals), 143 (art). David Diringer, Writing (London: Thames and Hudson 1962) at 115–116. The Ugarit tablet...
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  • doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2010.08.004. Naveh, Joseph, Soloman Asher Bimbaum, David Diringer, Zvi Hermann Federbsh, Jonathan Shunary & Jacob Maimon. 2007. "Alphabet...
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  • Parchment: Writing on prepared animal skins had a long history, however. David Diringer noted that "the first mention of Egyptian documents written on leather...
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    (help) Petrie & Currelly 1906. Joseph Naveh; Solomon Asher Birnbaum; David Diringer; Zvi Hermann Federbush; Jonathan Shunary; Jacob Maimon (2007), "ALPHABET...
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    writing in the Philippines, then baybayin may have descended from Kawi. David Diringer, accepting the view that the scripts of the Malay Archipelago originate...
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    Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2012. David Diringer (1953). The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval, and Oriental. Courier...
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    Retrieved 21 April 2013. "THE HISTORY OF PENS". executivepensdirect.com. David Diringer, The Book before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental, Dover Publications...
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    Jerry (1988). Chinese. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-29653-6. David Diringer Writing. New York: Praeger. 1962. Otto E. Neugebauer, Abraham Joseph...
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  • Abugidas use characters that correspond to consonant–vowel pairs. David Diringer proposed a five-fold classification of writing systems, comprising pictographic...
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    Abridged Edition. Many alphabets seem to derive via the Phoenician. David Diringer, Writing (London: Thames and Hudson 1962) at 124, 132, 141. Brent and...
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    1999; ISBN 0-521-23228-7) for North American examples of ritual speech. David Diringer, The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind (1947; South Asia, reprinted...
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  • novelist David Diosa (born 1992), Colombian footballer David DiPietro (born 1960), American politician David Diringer (1900–1975), British linguist David Doak...
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    and the struggle for an original Albanian alphabet by Robert Elsie David Diringer; Reinhold Regensburger (1968). The alphabet: a key to the history of...
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    conquest, i.e. into the theme of Bulgaria. Lunt proposed the 1030s, but David Diringer dates it from the late 10th century. The book is enumerated in Bulgarian...
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  • promoting the idea that the Yukaghir pictures represent love letters. David Diringer's widely-read book The Alphabet (1948) included an illustration, likely...
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    Brahmi: 𑀲𑁂𑀧𑀜𑀓𑁆𑀢𑁂 𑀲𑀡𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀢𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀲𑁂 𑀱𑀭𑁆𑀲 𑀧𑀧𑁃𑀬𑁆𑀓𑁅 Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet A Key To The History Of Mankind. pp. 347–348. "BRĀHMĪ...
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    scripts Kalinga script Kannada script Palaeography-Kannada Telugu script Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381. "Goykanadi...
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    Psychology. 80 (1): 99–119. doi:10.1348/000709909X466479. PMID 19622200. Diringer, David (2000). "A". In Bayer, Patricia (ed.). Encyclopedia Americana. Vol...
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    Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-09560-4. Diringer, David (1 March 1982). The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental...
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    Sardis Synagogue". Harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018. Diringer, David (1948). The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind. Cambridge: Hutchinson...
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    Eastern Ganga dynasty (1051 CE) Kapilendra Dev Inscription (15th C AD) Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. Hutchinson. Tripathī...
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    doi:10.1556/AOrient.57.2004.2.2. ISSN 0001-6446. JSTOR 23658631. Diringer, David (1982). The book before printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental. New...
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    Linguistic history of the Indian subcontinent Pallava script Citations Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381. Salomon 1998...
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  • Tipografia shqiptare 1555–1912, Varg & Berk, Prishtinë, p. 170-177 Diringer, David. (1949). The Alphabet. Десницкая, Агния Васильевна. (1968). Албанский...
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    Kannada Language. F. Kittel (1993), p. 5 "Encyclopedia Britannica". Diringer, David (1948). Alphabet a key to the history of mankind. p. 381. Indian Epigraphy:...
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