The Edward Hincks bicentenary lectures
By: edited by Kevin J. Cathcart.
Contributors: Hincks, Edward, 1792-1866.; Cathcart, Kevin J.; University College, Dublin. Dept. of Near Eastern Languages.
Publisher: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages, University College Dublin
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Hincks, Edward, 1792-1866.; Middle East -- Languages -- Study and teaching -- History -- 19th century.; Middle East -- Study and teaching -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Edward Hincks, 1792-1866 / Kevin J. Cathcart; title: Edward Hincks's decipherment of Mesopotamian cuneiform / Peter T. Daniels; title: Edward Hincks and the progress of Egyptology / John Ray; title: The decipherment of alphabetic scripts / John F. Healy; title: The development of Syriac studies / Sebastian Brock; title: From manuscripts to the computer / Manfred Kropp; title: The beginnings of Wissenschaft des Judenthums / Michael Maher; title: Irish and British contributions to Arabic and Islamic studies since 1800 / C. Edmund Bosworth; title: Scholarly enquiries into Islamic art and architecture in the nineteenth century / Stephen Vernoit; title: The enchorial language of Egypt / Edward Hincks.