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The story of writing / Andrew Robinson. [print]

By:

Robinson, Andrew, 1957- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

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LOC classification:

P211.R658.S767 1995

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Contents:

Sound, symbol and script -- Proto-writing -- Cuneiform -- Egyptian hieroglyphics -- Linear B -- Mayan glyphs -- Undeciphered scripts: Indus script, Cretan Linear B, The Phaistos disc, Proto-Elamite, Etruscan, Rongorongo -- The first alphabet -- New alphabets from old: Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, the Arabic script, Indian scripts, Runes, The Cherokee "alphabet" -- Chinese writing -- Japanese writing -- From hieroglyphs to alphabets -- and back?

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	P211.R63 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001452610

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"With over 350 illustrations, 50 in color."

Reading the Rosetta Stone -- Sound, symbol and script -- Proto-writing -- Cuneiform -- Egyptian hieroglyphics -- Linear B -- Mayan glyphs -- Undeciphered scripts: Indus script, Cretan Linear B, The Phaistos disc, Proto-Elamite, Etruscan, Rongorongo -- The first alphabet -- New alphabets from old: Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, the Arabic script, Indian scripts, Runes, The Cherokee "alphabet" -- Chinese writing -- Japanese writing -- From hieroglyphs to alphabets -- and back?

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