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| | Silent Languages: Characters, Notes and Symbols in the Early Modern Period, London, April 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | SILENT LANGUAGES: CHARACTERS, NOTES AND SYMBOLS IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD Birkbeck, University of London, 12-13 APRIL 2002 The idea of this conference is to explore the diverse uses and functions of symbolic notation in the early modern period. |
 | | Beginning with the question of the emergence of algebraic notation against a background of apparently 'unscientific' uses made of various kinds of symbolic notations in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the conference organisers hope that this conference will stimulate a debate about the nature of the 'sign' and the 'symbol' in the Renaissance. |
 | | Sue Wiseman (Reader, Birkbeck, University of London) 'The Natural Language of the Hand' For more information contact the conference organisers: Dr Patricia Brewerton: p.brewerton@bbk.ac.uk Dr Stephen Clucas: s.clucas@bbk.ac.uk ---------------------- Dr Stephen Clucas School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK. |
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