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The story of writing : alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms

This is a survey of the world's major scripts, studied through sight, sound and symbol and follows the trail of discovery and decipherment from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the scripts of China and Japan today. The author explains the interconnection between sound, symbol, and script as he discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan, as well as topics such as the Cherokee "alphabet" and the writing of runes. Full coverage is given to the history of decipherment, and a chapter devoted to undeciphered scripts challenges the reader: can these codes ever be broken? In this revised edition, the author reveals the latest discoveries to have an impact on our knowledge of the history of writing, including the Tabula Cortonensis showing Etruscan symbols and a third millennium BC seal from Turkmenistan that could solve the mystery of how Chinese writing evolved. He also discusses how the digital revolution has not, despite gloomy predictions, spelled doom for the printed book. In addition, the table of Maya glyphs has been revised so that they are up-to-date with current research. -- From back cover.

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  • "Alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms"@en
  • "Alphabets, hieroglyphs and pictograms"
  • "Alfabet, hiëroglief en pictogram"
  • "Alphabets, hieroglyphics and pictograms"@en

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  • "This is a survey of the world's major scripts, studied through sight, sound and symbol and follows the trail of discovery and decipherment from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the scripts of China and Japan today. The author explains the interconnection between sound, symbol, and script as he discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan, as well as topics such as the Cherokee "alphabet" and the writing of runes. Full coverage is given to the history of decipherment, and a chapter devoted to undeciphered scripts challenges the reader: can these codes ever be broken? In this revised edition, the author reveals the latest discoveries to have an impact on our knowledge of the history of writing, including the Tabula Cortonensis showing Etruscan symbols and a third millennium BC seal from Turkmenistan that could solve the mystery of how Chinese writing evolved. He also discusses how the digital revolution has not, despite gloomy predictions, spelled doom for the printed book. In addition, the table of Maya glyphs has been revised so that they are up-to-date with current research. -- From back cover."@en
  • "The author demystifies writing, explaining the interconnection between sound, symbol, & script, and discussing the major writing systems, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Maya hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. Full coverage is given to the story of decipherment and how the words of past ages have been brought back to life through the efforts of Champollion, Ventris, & others."@en
  • "In this book the author explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, & follows the trail of discovery and decipherment from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the scripts of China and Japan today."@en
  • "In this book the author explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, & follows the trail of discovery and decipherment from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the scripts of China and Japan today."
  • "Epigraphik - Buchkunst - Schriftquellen."
  • "An introduction to writing from discovery to decipherment, from clay tablet to computer screen, from ice age to space age. Contents include how writing works, Egyptian hieroglyphs, alphabets, Chinese and Japanese writing, etc."@en
  • "How writing works - Rosetta Stone - Proto-writing - Extinct writing - Cuneiform - Egyptian hieroglyphs - Linear B - Mayan glyphs - Undeciphered scripts - Living writing - First alphabet - Chinese writing - Japanese writing."@en
  • "Overzicht in woord en beeld van allerlei schriftsoorten, zoals die in de loop der tijden door verschillende volken zijn gebruikt."
  • "Writing is perhaps humanity's greatest invention. Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. The Story of Writing is the first book to demystify writing for the general reader. In a succinct and absorbing text, Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script, and goes on to discuss each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan today. He explores "proto-writing," including Ice Age symbols, tallies and Amerindian pictograms, and surveys the astonishing multiplicity of alphabets - not only Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Arabic and Indian scripts, but also the Cherokee "alphabet" and the writing of runes."@en

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  • "Historia de la escritura : con más de 350 ilustraciones, 50 en color : [alfabetos, jeroglíficos y pictogramas]"
  • "Die Geschichte der Schrift : von Keilschriften, Hieroglyphen, Alphabeten und anderen Schriftfarmen"
  • "The story of writing : alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms"
  • "The story of writing : alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms"@en
  • "The story of writing : alphabets, hieroglyphs and Pictograms"
  • "Die Geschichte der Schrift : von Keilschriften, Hieroglyphen, Alphabeten und anderen Schriftformen"
  • "The Story of writing : [alphabets, hieroglyphs and pictograms]"
  • "Historia de la escritura : [alfabetos, jeroglíficos y pictogramas]"@es
  • "The story of writing : with over 350 illustrations, 50 in color : [alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms]"
  • "Alfabet, hiëroglief, pictogram"
  • "The story of writing : Alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms"
  • "The story of writing : with over 350 illustrations, 50 in colour"
  • "The story of writing : with over 350 illustrations, 50 in colour : [alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms]"
  • "Istoria tēs graphēs : me perissoteres apo 355 eikones, 50 enchrōmes"
  • "The story of writing : alphabets, hieroglyphs and pictograms"@en
  • "Historia de la escritura : con más de 350 ilustraciones, 50 en color"
  • "The story of writing : [alphabets, hieroglyphs and pictograms]"
  • "Historia de la escritura, con mas de 350 ilustraciones, 50 en color"@es
  • "Die Geschichte der Schrift : [von Keilschriften, Hieroglyphen, Alphabeten und anderen Schriftformen]"
  • "The story of writing"
  • "The story of writing"@en
  • "Die Geschichte der Schrift : Von Keilschriften, Hieroglyphen, Alphabeten und anderen Schriftformen"
  • "[The story of writing]"
  • "Alfabet, hiëroglief en pictogram"
  • "The story of writing : with over 355 illustrations, 50 in colour"
  • "Die Geschichte der Schrift"
  • "The story of writing : [alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms]"
  • "The story of writing : with over 350 illustrations, 50 in color"@en
  • "Historia de la escritura"@es
  • "Historia de la escritura"
  • "Alfabet, hiëroglief, pictogram : met meer dan 350 afbeeldingen, waarvan 50 in kleur"

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