Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 25, 2024
Search: BOOK
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 103 | Higgins (1923) | BOOK | BOOK | BOOK: Hands palm to palm and then opened as if they were a book. | 22 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=103&refid=higgins1923 |
| 293 | Long (1918) | BOOK | BOOK | BOOK: Open and shut the hands held together as the backs of a book. | 42 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=293&refid=long1918 |
| 92 | Michaels (1923) | BOOK | BOOK | BOOK: 1. Put your palms together. 2. Open the palms as you do a book. | 36 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=92&refid=michaels1923 |
| 467 | Michaels (1923) | pn:JESUS~BOOK~PREACH | PREACH | PREACH: 1. Make sign of the Bible. 2. Hold your right hand with the index and thumb tips touching up to the level of your head. 3. Move the hand forward and back, imitating the gestures of a preacher, move your lips meanwhile. | 102 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=467&refid=michaels1923 |
| 468 | Michaels (1923) | pn:JESUS~BOOK~PREACH | PREACHER | PREACHER: 1. Sign preach, and add the er. Put the palms on the breast and move them downward. | 103 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=468&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 8 | Gallaudet (1910) | BOOK | N/A | pose:bow ABOUT YEAR(rep)THIRTY PAST, ONE PUBLISH BOOK ABOUT pn:ENGLAND(It) VERY FAMOUS NAME L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E | 1 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=8 |
| 92 | Gallaudet (1910) | BOOK | N/A | OTHER(l-hand) SHAPE(lt) CHARACTER IN BOOK J-O-H-N R-I-D-D ONE(l-hand) YOUNG PLOW~AGENT IN pn:ENGLAND | 9 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=92 |
| 196 | Gallaudet (1910) | BOOK | N/A | THAT(1h) HAPPEN(rep2x,lt-to-rt) IN BOOK L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E GIVE-GIFT(-to-lt) NAME(lt) TO LAND~ALL-OVER IN S-O-M-E-R-S-E-T(l-hand) AND D-E-V-O-N-O-N-T-I-O-S(r-hand) NAMED T-H-E L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E C-O-U-N-T-R-Y AND(l-hand) THAT(1h,l-hand) 1P-IX PURPOSE STORY NOW | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=196 |
| 977 | Gallaudet (1910) | BOOK | N/A | 1P-IX THINK~HOPE 1P-POSS STORY ABOUT T-H-E L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E C-O-U-N-T-R-Y TEMPT 2P-IX-PL ALL FOR READ BOOK | 83 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=977 |
| 486 | McGregor (1913) | BOOK | N/A | DURING ALL-NIGHT 3P-SELF BED cl:55(light-shining,wg-to-1P)~cl:55(shake,shining-from-1P) WAKE-UP(with-wonder) THERE(-to-lt) SEE(lt) SPIRIT(rf)~FLY SIT WRITE+ BOOK YELLOW. | 45 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=486 |
| 493 | McGregor (1913) | BOOK | N/A | 3P-SELF(rt) ASK-QUESTION(-to-lt) WHERE WRITE IN BOOK? | 46 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=493 |