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and ritual scrolls , for example , are the largest in scale . Incised images are executed with a high degree of authority ; that is , forms and lines are rendered surely , firmly , and without apparent hesitancy or uncertainty .
and ritual scrolls , for example , are the largest in scale . Incised images are executed with a high degree of authority ; that is , forms and lines are rendered surely , firmly , and without apparent hesitancy or uncertainty .
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Early attempts at deciphering the scrolls as a system of writing ( Mallery 1893 ) were bound to be misleading because the scrolls are pre - eminently visual rather than verbal records . Likewise , analytical and methodological models ...
Early attempts at deciphering the scrolls as a system of writing ( Mallery 1893 ) were bound to be misleading because the scrolls are pre - eminently visual rather than verbal records . Likewise , analytical and methodological models ...
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the birch bark scrolls . But , as Thomas Vennum ( 1978 ) has been able to show , specific motifs in a variety of song scrolls , when matched with surviving song texts , exhibit a remarkable regularity of meaning .
the birch bark scrolls . But , as Thomas Vennum ( 1978 ) has been able to show , specific motifs in a variety of song scrolls , when matched with surviving song texts , exhibit a remarkable regularity of meaning .
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