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Monastic Sign Language - Sketch of Monasteriales Indicia, a tenth-century primer for Monks under a vow of silence. Hugh Young of New Zealand suggests remnants of Monastic signs in modern sign languages.
www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/7712/Articles/MonksSL.html
Signing in the Seraglio: Mutes, Dwarfs and Jestures at the Ottoman Court 1500 - 1700 - M. Miles' thorough history of early modern Turkish views on disability and the popularity of sign language. Reprinted from "Disability and Society"
www.independentliving.org/LibArt/mmiles2.html