Linguistics Collection

Ludwig Wittgenstein, caricature
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Caricature of the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889-1951). Wittgenstein is considered by many to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th

Science Allegorised
Philosophy enthroned, surrounded by the sciences - Grammar, Rhetoric, Linguistics, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy, with Socrates and Plato and scholars writing

Development of the English alphabet. The Old Greek alphabet derived from Phoenician and was in use by 900-800 BC. A western variant, known as the Euboean or Cumae alphabet

Rosetta Stone
Illustration shows the Rosetta Stone as it sits on a pedestal, 1800s. The stone contains identical text in three languages, hieroglyphs, Egyptian, and ancient Greek

Steven Pinker, Canadian psychologist
Steven Pinker. Caricature of the Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and author Steven Arthur Pinker (born 1954)

Pictographs and linear script symbols. The British archaeologist Arthur Evans (1851-1941) found thousands of clay tablets dating from the second millennium BC at Knossos, Crete

Egyptian and Assyrian counting systems. Early methods of number counting involved the use of fingers, while early written records used strokes to indicate numbers

Cherokee Alphabet, from Pendeltons Lithography, 1835 (engraving)
BAL124537 Cherokee Alphabet, from Pendeltons Lithography, 1835 (engraving) (b&w photo) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Hirth, Friedrich, Professor, portrait photograph, 1917 May 24. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Hirth, Friedrich, Professor, portrait photograph, 1917 May 24

Alexander Melville Bell, 1819-1905, c1900. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Alexander Melville Bell, 1819-1905, c1900. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right. [Teacher and researcher of physiological phonetics; author of works on orthoepy

The Tower of Babel, 1563 (oil on wood)
XAM345 The Tower of Babel, 1563 (oil on wood) by Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-69); 114x155 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: for details see 93768-69)

The Art of Talking with the Fingers, pub. C. 1825 (coloured engraving)
5902925 The Art of Talking with the Fingers, pub. C. 1825 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Ancient Alphabets, from the L Encyclopedie by Diderot and d
LSE702652 Ancient Alphabets, from the L Encyclopedie by Diderot and d Alembert (litho) by French School, (18th century); Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Ancient Oriental Alphabets, from the L Encyclopedie by Diderot and d
LSE702651 Ancient Oriental Alphabets, from the L Encyclopedie by Diderot and d Alembert (litho) by French School, (18th century); Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Letter addressed to the French Ambassador Pierre de Blacas d
JHG215568 Letter addressed to the French Ambassador Pierre de Blacas d Aulps about the royal museum of Egyptian Art in Turin, Copy of royal cartouches from the XVIII th dynasty (letter 1)

Letter addressed to the French Ambassador Pierre de Blacas d
JHG215569 Letter addressed to the French Ambassador Pierre de Blacas d Aulps regarding the Royal Museum of Egyptian Art in Turin, genealogical table from a temple in El-Haraba (letter 1)

Alphabet Chart, from the L Encyclopedie by Diderot and d
LSE702650 Alphabet Chart, from the L Encyclopedie by Diderot and d Alembert (litho) by French School, (18th century); Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Tower of Babel, 1610-25 (oil on canvas)
5917368 Tower of Babel, 1610-25 (oil on canvas) by Netherlandish School, (17th century); 98.5x134 cm; Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, Slovakia; Netherlandish, out of copyright

Phonetic table of demotic writing and hieroglyphics, addressed to Bon-Joseph Dacier
JHG162119 Phonetic table of demotic writing and hieroglyphics, addressed to Bon-Joseph Dacier (1742-1833) 1822 (pen & ink on paper) (b/w photo) by Champollion

The Tower of Babel, c. 1565 (oil on wood panel)
3617966 The Tower of Babel, c.1565 (oil on wood panel) by Brueghel, Pieter The Elder (c.1525-69); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; (add.info.: Little Tower of Babel); Flemish

Letter written in hieroglyphic characters, addressed to Joseph Dacier
JHG215567 Letter written in hieroglyphic characters, addressed to Joseph Dacier, the French scholar and academician (1742-1833) 1822 (pen & ink on paper) (b/w photo) by Champollion

Wilhelm Wackernagel, German-Swiss philologist (engraving)
6014566 Wilhelm Wackernagel, German-Swiss philologist (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806-1869), German-Swiss philologist

Monboddo, (1714-1799), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Monboddo, (1714-1799), 1830. James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution, philosopher and deist

Sir William Jones, 18th century philologist, orientalist and jurist, c1819. Artist: Holl
Sir William Jones, 18th century philologist, orientalist and jurist, c1819. Jones (1746-1794) studied ancient India and is particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship

Sir William Jones, 18th century English philologist, (1836). Artist: James Posselwhite
Sir William Jones, 18th century English philologist, (1836)

Sir William Jones, English orientalist, philologist and jurist, (1832). Artist: J Cochran
Sir William Jones, English orientalist, philologist and jurist, (1832). Jones (1746-1794) studied ancient India and is particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among

The Brothers Grimm, German authors, 1847. Artist: Hermann Biow
The Brothers Grimm, German authors, 1847. Wilhelm (1786-1859) and Jakob Grimm (1785-1863), famous for their fairy tales and work in linguistics. From a private collection

Franciscus Junius, pioneer of Germanic philology, 1887. Franciscus Junius (1591-1677) devoted himself to the study of Anglo-Saxon and other ancient Germanic languages

Wilhelm Carl Grimm, German author, 1887. Grimm (1786-1859) one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their fairy tales and work in linguistics

Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, German author, philologist and mythologist, 1887. Grimm (1785-1863) one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their fairy tales and work in linguistics

Ancient Egyptian numerals, 19th century C016 / 2823
Ancient Egyptian numerals. 19th-century table showing the hieroglyphic, demotic (enchorial) and hieratic numbers used by the Ancient Egyptians during the third and second millennia BC

Janos Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
Janos Bolyai (1802-1860), Hungarian mathematician. Bolyai worked on non-Euclidean geometry, publishing a ground-breaking appendix on the subject in 1832

Cuneiform script. Diagram showing the development of pictographs into stylised Cuneiform characters. Cuneiform, the first written language

Phonetic Egyptian hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were written characters used by the Ancient Egyptians between around 3000 BC and 300 AD. They were used mainly for inscriptions on monuments and tombs

Phonetic Egyptian hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were written characters used by the Ancient Egyptians between around 3000 BC and 300 AD. They were used mainly for inscriptions on monuments and tombs

Linguistics table, 17th century
Linguistics table. 17th century table titled Tabula Combinatoria. The description at top says that this is a combinatory table showing the most ancient alphabets of the world

Table comparing ancient scripts. Table based on an 1859 work by French egyptologist Emmanuel de Rouge (1811-1872), comparing eleven types of related ancient and modern scripts

Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and professor, WW1
Cartoon depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II demanding that a professor unteach him the beastly English language, now that the First World War has broken out. Date: September 1914

Johann Operinus
JOHANN OPERINUS (or OPORINUS) German/Swiss scholar, professor of linguistics and typography. Date: ? - 1568

MAP: AMERICAN INDIANS. Map of linguistic stocks of American Indians. Lithograph, 1890

Inscription with dedication to deities, Detail of Celtic alphabet, from Prestino, Como province
Celtic civilization, Italy, 6th century b.C. Inscription with dedication to the deities. Detail of Celtic alphabet. From Prestino, Como province

Co-ordinate geometry, 16th century C017 / 6997
Co-ordinate geometry. 16th-century woodcut showing a man pierced by spear-like rods, to show terms used in co-ordinate geometry

Theorem 22, Monas Hieroglyphica (1564). This theorem is one of 24 contained in the work Monas Hieroglyphica by Welsh astrologer John Dee (1527-1608)

Monas Hieroglyphica (1564) C015 / 4311
Monas Hieroglyphica (1564), title page. This work consists of 24 theorems by Welsh astrologer John Dee (1527-1608). Written in a mystical state, it revealed esoteric secrets in astronomy, alchemy

Theorem 13, Monas Hieroglyphica (1564). This theorem is one of 24 contained in the work Monas Hieroglyphica by Welsh astrologer John Dee (1527-1608)

Theorem 23, Monas Hieroglyphica (1564). This theorem is one of 24 contained in the work Monas Hieroglyphica by Welsh astrologer John Dee (1527-1608)

Theorem 18, Monas Hieroglyphica (1564). This theorem is one of 24 contained in the work Monas Hieroglyphica by Welsh astrologer John Dee (1527-1608)

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