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Written on bamboo & silk : the beginnings of Chinese books & inscriptions / Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien ; with an afterword by Edward L. Shaughnessy
Author
Tsien, Tsuen-hsuin, 1910-2015
Additional Titles
Written on bamboo and silk
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Description
xxiv, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents
Records on bones and shells -- Inscriptions on metals and clay -- Engravings on stone and jade -- Documents on bamboo and wood -- Silk as writing material -- Paper and paper manuscripts -- Implements and tools for writing.
Subject(s)
Writing materials and instruments
Chinese language
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Writing
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History
Inscriptions, Chinese
Books
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China
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History
ISBN
0226814181 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-294) and index.
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