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049 0 2 _aSBIM
050 0 4 _aP211.R658.S767 1995
100 1 _aRobinson, Andrew,
_d1957-,
_e1
245 1 4 _aThe story of writing /
_cAndrew Robinson.
_hPR
260 _aNew York, New York :
_bThames and Hudson,
_c(c)1995.
300 _a224 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c26 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"With over 350 illustrations, 50 in color."
504 _a1 (pages 218-219) and index.
505 0 0 _aReading the Rosetta Stone --
_tSound, symbol and script --
_tProto-writing --
_tCuneiform --
_tEgyptian hieroglyphics --
_tLinear B --
_tMayan glyphs --
_tUndeciphered scripts: Indus script, Cretan Linear B, The Phaistos disc, Proto-Elamite, Etruscan, Rongorongo --
_tThe first alphabet --
_tNew alphabets from old: Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, the Arabic script, Indian scripts, Runes, The Cherokee "alphabet" -- Chinese writing --
_tJapanese writing --
_tFrom hieroglyphs to alphabets --
_tand back?
530 _a2
650 0 _aWriting
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPaleography.
907 _a.b10910487
_b12-04-13
_c01-22-08
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell