The term large seal script traditionally refers to written Chinese dating from before the Qin dynasty—now used either narrowly to the writing of the Western...
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the script being reduced to ceremonial inscriptions. The term seal script may refer to several distinct varieties, including the large seal script and...
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The small seal script is an archaic script style of written Chinese. It developed within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–256 BC)...
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The bird-worm seal script (Chinese: 鳥蟲篆) is a type of ancient seal script originating in China. The Chinese character 鳥 (niǎo) means "bird" and the character...
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The Khitan large script (Chinese: 契丹大字; pinyin: qìdān dàzì) was one of two writing systems used for the now-extinct Khitan language (the other was the...
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Vietnamese alphabet in parallel with both chữ Hán and chữ Nôm characters. The seal script is the formal system of character forms that evolved in the state of...
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Nine-fold seal script or nine-fold script, also translated nine-bend script, or layered script is a highly stylised form of Chinese calligraphy derived...
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Harappa, the use of the script largely ceased as the use of inscribed seals ended around c. 1900 BCE; however, the use of the Indus script may have endured for...
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Chinese characters (redirect from Chinese script)
referred to as large seal script (大篆; dàzhuàn), a term which has fallen out of favour due to its lack of precision. Small seal script Following Qin's...
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Calligraphy (redirect from Script (styles of handwriting))
script (jīn wén) and large seal script (dà zhuàn) "cursive" signs continued. Mao Gong Ding is one of the most famous and typical bronzeware scripts in...
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