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The British Library guide to writing and scripts : history and techniques / Michelle P. Brown.

Title
The British Library guide to writing and scripts : history and techniques / Michelle P. Brown.
Author
Brown, Michelle (Michelle P.)
Publication
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1998.

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96 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
Summary
"In The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts: History and Techniques, Michelle P. Brown surveys the many forms in which writing has evolved in East and West, the tools and materials used, and how they have influenced the development of scripts. She examines particularly the processes involved in the production of the medieval book in the West, and assesses the impact of later technological developments in communication on the current state of writing and its future."--Jacket.
Alternative Title
Writing and scripts
Subject
  • Alphabet > History
  • Writing > History
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • First published: London : The British Library, 1998, in series: British Library guides.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Why writing? : Systems of information transmission and the relationship between thought, sound, word, and image ; Oral tradition ; Mnemonic and other simple forms of graphic message transmission ; Pictography (picture writing) and literal graphic representation ; Logography, the rebus, and the development of ideography (thought writing) ; Mixed systems (cuneiform and hieroglyphic) ; Phonography (sound writing): the phonetic systems (syllabic, consonantal, and alphabetical): ancient Mediterranean syllabic scripts, consonantal and alphabetical scripts, the western alphabet ; The creation of scripts to suit languages ; Deciphering scripts -- Form and function : the technology of writing and the materials used -- Writing in the West : Making a medieval illuminated manuscript: techniques and states of production ; The people behind the words ; The evolution of western scripts -- Where is writing going?
ISBN
080208172X
LCCN
^^^98192946^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library