Writing the Dead
Download or Read eBook Writing the Dead PDF 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.
Author | : Armando Petrucci |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0804728593 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780804728591 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Writing the Dead by : Armando Petrucci
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.