Research Catalog

Title

Writing : making your mark / edited by Ewan Clayton.

Publication

London : British Library, 2019.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Clayton, Ewan
• British Library, host institution.

Description

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour); 28 cm

Summary

Writing surrounds us in the modern world - but how did it develop into the systems we use today, and given the technological developments of the twenty-first century, what does its future hold? This beautifully illustrated book, published to coincide with an interactive landmark British Library exhibition, celebrates the act of writing from across the globe. Exploring the history of writing and including more than 150 illustrations from carved stone inscriptions and medieval manuscripts to samples of early printing, modern handwriting and digital inputting systems, it reflects on the use of writing over the last 5,000 years and challenges our preconceptions about writing's decline in the digital age.--Provided by publisher

Subject

• Writing > History
• Writing materials and instruments > History
• Penmanship > History
• Alphabets > History
• Typology (Linguistics)
• Writing materials and instruments
• Penmanship
• Alphabets
• Writing

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Published to coincide with the British Library exhibition of the same name--Title page verso

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index

Contents

Introduction / Ewan Clayton -- The origins of writing / Andrew Robinson -- The Roman alphabet / Stan Knight -- Caxton's first printing of The Canterbury Tales / Adrian S. Edwards -- Writing tools and materials / Ewan Clayton -- The Double Pigeon Chinese typewriter / Emma Harrison -- Communities of writers / Ewan Clayton -- Dexterity and diversity : a bilingual letter from Mosul / Michael James Erdman -- The future of writing / Ewan Clayton -- Handwriting : now and in the future / Angela Webb -- A 2000-year-old homework book / Peter Toth -- Afterword : writing and the collections of the British Library / Adrian S. Edwards

Call Number

JFF 20-726

ISBN

• 9780712352536
• 0712352538
• 9780712352482
• 0712352481

OCLC

1112219992

Title

Writing : making your mark / edited by Ewan Clayton.

Publisher

London : British Library, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index

Added Author

Clayton, Ewan, editor.

British Library, host institution.

Research Call Number

JFF 20-726