A history of the art of bookbinding. With some account of the books of the ancients (1894)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Hannett, John, 1803-1893 · London, E. Stock · leaf 38
ed to be spoken, but theyremained as the languages of the learned. The ancient literature also consisted partlyof magical formulae for warding off the assaults of evil spirits, and partly of a collectionof hymns to the gods, used by the priests as a service-book. The latter was still usedby the… … ASSYRIAN CLAY TABLET. {Showing the form of the letters in a cuneiform inscription.) Apart from the interest naturally felt in the history and literature of an ancientnation like the Babylonians, there is for English people the further reason for examiningthe cuneiform writings, since in these, and…
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