Elementale quadrilingue
Subtitle: a philological type-specimen (Zürich 1654)
By: reproduced with a commentary by John Huehnergard, Geoffrey Roper, Alan D. Crown and the editor, J.F. Coakley
Publisher: Jericho Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Hebrew type; Specimens; Arabic type; Semitic languages; Alphabet; Writing
Other titles: Elementale qvadrilingve
Notes: The facsim. reproduces the original type specimen at Houghton Library, Harvard University.

The original type specimen was prepared by Johann Heinrich Hottinger as a guide to the letters and vowel-signs of the various scripts listed in its full title " Elementale quadrilingue seu ratio legendi Hebraice, et Chaldaice: Samaritice, Syriace, et Arabice". The type was cast by Balthasar Koeblinus.

Facsim. sheet in pocket of commentary; title information transcribed from commentary t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: J.H. Hottinger; title: Balthasar Koeblin; title: The Arabic type; title: The Syriac type; title: The Samaritan type.