An Eye for Form”

An Eye for Form, volume 1, serves as a scholarly Festschrift honoring the influential epigrapher Frank Cross. This collection brings together contributions from esteemed colleagues, friends, and former students to celebrate a career defined by mastery of the typological method. The text explores the critical ability to recognize evolutionary changes in ancient letters and scripts, a skill central to the study of Northwest Semitic Epigraphy.

This volume is a significant resource for those interested in history and ancient studies. It features academic appreciations by Peter Machinist and the late Pierre Bordreuil, focusing on the development of scripts such as those found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. As a work situated within the realms of foreign language study and ancient history, An Eye for Form, volume 1, provides deep insights into the field of epigraphy and the origins of the alphabet.