The story of writing / Andrew Robinson. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : Thames and Hudson, (c)1995.Description: 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
Subject(s): 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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) 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

"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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