- Apr 2024
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Muhanna, Elias. “A New History of Arabia, Written in Stone.” The New Yorker, May 23, 2018. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-new-history-of-arabia-written-in-stone.
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A few Safaitic inscriptions were even found in Pompeii, on the walls outside a small theatre, probably scribbled by Arabian members of the Roman army.
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Inscriptions, Al-Jallad explained, tend to cluster on higher ground, where nomadic herders could keep an easier watch for predators. In a landscape with no other traces of human civilization, the rocks preserved the nomads’ names and genealogies, along with descriptions of their animals, their wars, their journeys, and their rituals. There were prayers to deities, worries about the lack of rain, and complaints about the cruelty of Romans.
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- Aug 2022
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Jones, Christopher P. “Zettelkasten.” Edited by R. Merkelbach and J. Stauber. The Classical Review 50, no. 1 (2000): 170–72.
Nothing at all about the titular word zettelkasten, but rather a negative review of a book on inscriptions...
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- Nov 2021
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His baseball glove has the reference for the Bible verse Philippians 4:13 on it, and Hughes has the entire verse ("I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.") tattooed on his left arm.
I haven't seen Phil Hughes inscribe Bible verses with his autograph.
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Rivera's pitching glove was inscribed "Phil. 4:13", in reference to the Bible verse Philippians 4:13 ("I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me").
Mario Rivera has a very nice autograph, but I haven't ever seen it with a Bible verse inscription.
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He has the Bible verse Colossians 3:23 inscribed in his baseball glove.
It appears he does not inscribe Colossians 3:23 with his autograph.
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James has many tattoos, including a partial sleeve on his left arm. The bible verse Psalms 119:105 is tattooed on his forearm. The verse reads, "Thy Word Is a Lamp Unto My Feet and Light Unto My Path."
But it doesn't appear he inscribes Psalm 119:105 on any of his autographs.
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On the strap of his left batting glove, Francoeur has the phrase "Joshua 1:9" written, referencing the Bible verse.
It appears that he doesn't inscribe Joshua 1:9 on his autographs.
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- Jul 2021
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www.rollstonepigraphy.com www.rollstonepigraphy.com
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http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=921
An archaeological find indicates that alphabetic writing may have occurred earlier in history than we've previously known.
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- Mar 2021
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www.perseus.tufts.edu www.perseus.tufts.edu
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their notion being that the soul is buried in the present life; and again, because by its means the soul gives any signs which it gives, it is for this reason also properly called “sign” (σῆμα). But I think it most likely that the Orphic poets gave this name, with the idea that the soul is undergoing punishment for something; they think it has the body as an enclosure to keep it safe, like a prison, and this is, as the name itself denotes, the safe (σῶμα) for the soul, until the penalty is paid, and not even a letter needs to be changed.
Why this reference to "letters" (gramma)? Obviously the letter game (soma sema) but also the reference to signs and inscriptions.
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- Aug 2020
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The term 'scholastic' derives from the fact that the inscriptions are believed to have been inspired by the manuscript sources, instead of being continuations of the original monument tradition. Scholastic inscriptions typically draw a line into the stone's surface along which the letters are arranged, rather than using the stone's edge. They begin in the course of the 6th century, and continue into Old and Middle Irish, and even into Modern times. From the High Middle Ages, contemporary to the Manuscript tradition, they may contain Forfeda. The 30 or so Pictish inscriptions qualify as early Scholastic, roughly 6th to 9th century. Some Viking Age stones on Man and Shetland are in Old Norse, or at least contain Norse names.
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- Mar 2019
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n texte […] est toujours inscrit dans une matérialité : celle de l’objet écrit qui le porte, celle de la voix qui le lit ou le récite, celle de la représentation qui le donne à entendre.
inscription matérielle
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