Conjectures on the Origin of the Oriental Practice of Writing from Right to Left, Deduced from a Consideration of the Names and Forms of the Hebrew Characters.

SANKEY, William S. Villiers (1793� "1860).

Published by Graisberry and Campbell, 1818., Dublin:, 1818

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Extracted from the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. XIII. 4to. pp. 151-160. Modern quarter navy-blue cloth, marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine label. Fine. This paper studies the history and evolution of letter forms. Sankey proposes that the right-to-left direction of Hebrew and other Oriental scripts originated from the physical, anatomical, and practical constraints of early carving or writing, which were influenced by the shape and meaning of the character names.

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Title: Conjectures on the Origin of the Oriental Practice of Writing from Right to Left, Deduced from a Consideration of the Names and Forms of the Hebrew Characters.
Publisher: Graisberry and Campbell, 1818., Dublin:
Publication Date: 1818
Binding: Hardcover

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