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Iehudah Machabeu (calligrapher), Exemplar Leaf. La Rochelle, France, 1655. It shows samples of different “lettering,” including Hebrew (at the top), Arabic, Greek, Castilian, English, French, Italian…
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Iehudah Machabeu
Date:
1655
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Behistun Trilingual Inscription, Persia. This inscription of Darius I (reigned 522–486 BCE) illustrates the polyglot character of the Persian Empire. Versions in the Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian…
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Persian Period, Late 6th–Early 5th Century BCE