Writing the Dead

Writing the Dead
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0804728593
ISBN-13 : 9780804728591
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Book Synopsis Writing the Dead by : Armando Petrucci

Download or read book Writing the Dead written by Armando Petrucci and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the world's leading paleographers, this book reconstructs the ways Western cultures have used writing—on tombstones, monuments, scrolls, books, posters—to commemorate the dead from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.


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