Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind

Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications

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485, 490, 505 ff., 514, 530 f., 534 I., 538 ff., 544, 550, 552; see also Italian and Latin alphabet Róng, Rong pa; see Lepcha Rosary; see Catholic rosary Rosetta Stone, 67, 69, 70, 409 Roskilde, 512
Roueisseh inscription, 212 f. Roumanian, 478, 480 ff., 511, 552 "Round script"; see Cha-lonh Vatteluttu
Ruang (King), 414 Rudradaman I, 343 f.
Rufanos of Samosata, 320
Ruku; see Lycia
Runes, XII, 217, 230, 314, 473, 501,
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506 ff., 528, 554
Runic-Oghamic inscription, 525 Runic shortened system, 520 f. Running hands; see Cursive scripts Rusellæ, 494, 496 Russian, 28 f., 156, 183, 217, 266, 269, 286, 480 ff., 514, 553, 559, 567 f.; see also Cyrillic, Finno-Ugrian, Siberia, U.S.S.R. and under names of individual languages Rustic capitals, 537, 541 Ruthwell Cross, 509 Ryq'a script, 274
Sabba; see Mandaan
Sabellic; see Picenian
Sabini, Safine, Safinos, 501, 535 Sabi'un; see Mandæan
Sace; see Saka
SABAEAN, 87, 221, 223 ff., 229, 231; see also South Arabian and South Semitic
Sacrifices (Human), 121, 125 Safa, Safahitic, Safaïtic, 224, 227 Sahak; see St. Sahak
and
St. Augustine, 291
St. Columba, 529
Sahara, 23
Sahidic or Sa'idic dialect, 467, 469 f. Sailendra dynasty, 424, 428
St. Methodius, 475, 486 St. Patrick, 546
St. Gallen, 509, 523
St. Jerome, 195, 542
St. John Christians; see Mandæan
St. Lawrence (Gulf of), 155
St. Lawrence's Day, 508
St. Martin's Day, 508
St. Menas (Encomium of), 469
St. (Mesrob) Mesrop, 320 ff., 446, 487
St. Sahak, 320, 322
St. Thomas (Apostle), 393, 396 St. Thomas Christians, 393 ff. St. Thomas (Mt.), 393 Saisunaga dynasty, 334 Saite kings, 196 Saka dynasty, era, 344 f., 350, 381,402 Saka Khotani; see Khotani Saka Sakala, 373
Sak'art'velo; see Georgian Sakiya Tope, 332 Sakkar script, 376 f. Salamanca (Province), 569 Salamas (Plain of), 289 Salerno hand, 544 Salonica, 475, 487
Salween Valley, 185, 413 f.; cis
Salween Shans, 418 Samacharadeva (King), 363 Sam'al; see Zenjirli Samaria, 238 f.
Samaritan, 230, 236, 242 f., 288, 486 Samarkand, 310
Samnitai, Samnite, Samniti; see Sabini Samosata, 320 Samoyedes, 30 f. Sampaya, 154 Sample-alphabets (Etruscan), 493 ff.,
500
Samsokgnamba manuscript, 367 Samudragupta, 343 Samuel (Tsar), 475, 479 San'a, 225
San Carlos; see Easter Island Sanchi, 337
Sandang'an ("clothing"; vowels), 426 Sandrokottos; see Chandragupta I San-fot-si; see Sri Vijaya San Luis Potosi, 123 San Miguel de Liria, 251 Sanskrit, 173, 302,318,334,336ff., 342f.,
346 f., 350, 353, 360 ff., 376, 378 ff., 384 f., 387, 390, 402 f., 405, 407 f., 418, 421 ff., 426; see also Deva-nagari and Hindi
St. Cyril, 446, 475, 486; see also Cyrillic Saône et Loire (Department), 511
Sapa dalaksha, 373
scripts
Sarada script, 362, 372 ff. Sarafi script, 368 f. Sarasvati (Goddess), 329 Sardes, 465
Sardinia, 245 f., 490 Sarmatians, 483 Sarnath, 340
Sasanians, Sasanid, 260, 277, 304 ff., see also Pahlavi and Parsik Sa-skya, 355
Santa Maria di Capua, 490 San ts'ang, 110