Re: Bird headed CJK variants?

From: Werner LEMBERG (wl@gnu.org)
Date: Sun Jan 06 2002 - 23:47:40 EST

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> I am looking for an online resources that have graphical samples of
> the unusual chinese script that is called "bird script" because all
> lines end in little bird heads. It is from the han dynasty. May
> somebody help me?

The only reference I know of is the following book:

  Giovanni Stary
  Die chinesischen und mandschurischen Zierschriften
  Hamburg: Buske, 1980
  ISBN 3-87118-428-4

On page 89f he describes the Niao3 shu1 zhuan3 鳥書篆, citing the
Qing1 chao2 tong1 zhi4 清朝通志, vol. 12, p. 6813.

Werner

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