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Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.
Reference: 17990i
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Ancient alphabets and hieroglyphic characters explained; with an account of the Egyptian priests, their classes, initiation, and sacrifices / in the Arabic language by Ahmad bin Abubekr bin Wahshih; and in English by Joseph Hammer.
Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active 9th century.Date: 1806
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The French sign language alphabet with ornate border, above it, the Abbé C.M. de l'Epée and the Abbé Sicard. Lithograph.
Reference: 18015i
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Abbot de L'Epée, the founder of deaf and dumb education in France, above the French sign language alphabet. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 18013i
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Alphabets old and new : for the use of craftsmen, with an introductory essay on 'Art in the alphabet' / by Lewis F. Day.
Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910.Date: 1906
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Vischer, Bernhard
Vischer, BernhardDate: 1590Reference: MS.794
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Lettering : a handbook of modern alphabets / Percy J. Smith.
Smith, Percy J. (Percy John Delf), 1882-Date: 1936
Archives and manuscripts
Maier, Joannes
Maier, JoannesDate: c. 1730Reference: MS.3405
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Hands showing the French sign language alphabet. Wood engraving.
Reference: 17999i
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Two hands illustrating sign language with Hebrew (?) characters. Engraving by J.W. Michaelis.
Michaelis, Johann Wilhelm, -1737.Reference: 18404i
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David Kindersley : his work and workshop with illustrations from the workshop archives / by Montague Shaw.
Shaw, Montague.Date: 1989
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Paleografia artistica di Montecassino.
Montecassino (Monastery)Date: 1876[-1884]
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Secrets de la polygraphie. Vingt-quatre secrets
Date: Early 17th centuryReference: MS.740
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L'alphabet de la mort de Hans Holbein : entouré de bordures du XVIe siècle et suivi d'anciens poëmes français sur le sujet des trois mors et des trois vis / pub. d'après les manuscrits par Anatole de Montaiglon.
Date: 1856
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Hands showing the alphabet of sign language. Wood engraving.
Reference: 17996i
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Man (alias Flatman), John
Man, alias Flatman, JohnDate: 1686Reference: MS.3414
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The book of ornamental alphabets, ancient and mediaeval / [F. Delamotte].
Delamotte, F. (Freeman), 1814-1862.Date: 1862
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Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured line engraving.
Reference: 17991i
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Miscellanea Alchemica XXIII
Date: mid-18th centuryReference: MS.3565
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Alphabets & numbers of the Middle Ages / by Henry Shaw ; introduction by Rowan Watson.
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873.Date: [1988], ©1988
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Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving, 1748.
Date: 1748Reference: 17987i
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Sapientia Veterum
Date: Late 18th centuryReference: MS.4366
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Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.
Date: [1825?]Reference: 17993i
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A male nurse reading a thermometer in a French military hospital ward, with the words "l'alphabet de l'armée". Chromolithograph after P. Abadie-Landel, 1916.
Abadie-Landel, Pierre, active 1916-1937.Date: 1916Reference: 23915i
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Receipt-Book, German: 17th/18th century
Date: c. 1675-1725Reference: MS.4095

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Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.

Ancient alphabets and hieroglyphic characters explained; with an account of the Egyptian priests, their classes, initiation, and sacrifices / in the Arabic language by Ahmad bin Abubekr bin Wahshih; and in English by Joseph Hammer.

The French sign language alphabet with ornate border, above it, the Abbé C.M. de l'Epée and the Abbé Sicard. Lithograph.

Abbot de L'Epée, the founder of deaf and dumb education in France, above the French sign language alphabet. Coloured lithograph.

Alphabets old and new : for the use of craftsmen, with an introductory essay on 'Art in the alphabet' / by Lewis F. Day.

Vischer, Bernhard

Lettering : a handbook of modern alphabets / Percy J. Smith.

Maier, Joannes

Hands showing the French sign language alphabet. Wood engraving.

Two hands illustrating sign language with Hebrew (?) characters. Engraving by J.W. Michaelis.

David Kindersley : his work and workshop with illustrations from the workshop archives / by Montague Shaw.

Paleografia artistica di Montecassino.

Secrets de la polygraphie. Vingt-quatre secrets

L'alphabet de la mort de Hans Holbein : entouré de bordures du XVIe siècle et suivi d'anciens poëmes français sur le sujet des trois mors et des trois vis / pub. d'après les manuscrits par Anatole de Montaiglon.

Hands showing the alphabet of sign language. Wood engraving.

Man (alias Flatman), John

The book of ornamental alphabets, ancient and mediaeval / [F. Delamotte].

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured line engraving.

Miscellanea Alchemica XXIII

Alphabets & numbers of the Middle Ages / by Henry Shaw ; introduction by Rowan Watson.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving, 1748.

Sapientia Veterum

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.

A male nurse reading a thermometer in a French military hospital ward, with the words "l'alphabet de l'armée". Chromolithograph after P. Abadie-Landel, 1916.

Receipt-Book, German: 17th/18th century