Inca Quipu -Information in coloured knots.
Raimondo di Sangro, Lettera Apologetica dell'Esercitato....
, Naples 1750; this plate illustrates the range of symbolic knots (quipu)
developed by the Incas, subdivided into sections of language - meaning
and punctutation - by colour coding and shapes. The book also provides
transliteration into European languages.
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