Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of a glyph or ideograph: as, glyphic words.
- Of or pertaining to a glyph or glyphs; pertaining to carving or sculpture.
- noun A picture or figure by which a word is implied; a hieroglyphic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Fine Arts) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Carved ,sculpted . - adjective Pertaining to
glyphs . - noun A
glyph .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His concept of "glyphic" continuum is unexplained, but, according to McLeod, "can be understood if researched," and viewed side-by-side with the film.
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The glyphic symbols recorded by Landa stand for the actual sounds of the Mayan language as spoken in Yucatan at that time, although their true phonetic value was not firmly established until much later.
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For example, Codex Azcatitlan, Codex Aubin (Ms. de 1576), and Codex Boturini all treat the same theme by means of pictorial narrative in the form of painted images and glyphic signs.
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The typical Mesoamerican painted book is a screenfold of skin or bark paper (amate) covered with a thin coat of lime and then painted with pictographs, glyphic signs, etc.
Primary sources 2008
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This historical account of the origin and the migration of the Aztecs contains a genealogy of their rulers and a brief account of Conquest and post-Conquest events with the usual painted images and glyphic signs.
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This historical account of the origin and the migration of the Aztecs contains a genealogy of their rulers and a brief account of Conquest and post-Conquest events with the usual painted images and glyphic signs.
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At first this parade of fantastic figures and elaborate glyphic symbols marching throughout the Dresden and other codices seems quite alien to our way of thinking.
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Heinrich Berlin managed to identify some glyphic symbols of place names.
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For example, Codex Azcatitlan, Codex Aubin (Ms. de 1576), and Codex Boturini all treat the same theme by means of pictorial narrative in the form of painted images and glyphic signs.
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At first this parade of fantastic figures and elaborate glyphic symbols marching throughout the Dresden and other codices seems quite alien to our way of thinking.
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