Early multilingual and multiscript indexes in herbals.
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چکیده
The earliest examples of indexes in more than one language and in several scripts are those found in herbals of the late 15th and early 16th century. The features of these indexes are analyzed, and the gradual development of name and subject indexes, their alphabetical arrangement by various methods, and finally the systematic display in several languages and scripts in the works of Conrad Gessner and Leonhart Fuchs are demonstrated by examples.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The indexer
دوره 11 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978