Robinson, Andrew,  1957-, <br/><br/>
The story of writing /  [print] 
Andrew Robinson. 
 - New York, New York :  Thames and Hudson,  (c)1995. 
 - 224 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> "With over 350 illustrations, 50 in color." 
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<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95060276 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Writing--History.<br/>Paleography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P211.R658.S767 1995