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Mysteries of the alphabet : the origins of writing
- Title
- Mysteries of the alphabet : the origins of writing / Marc-Alain Ouaknin ; translated from the French by Josephine Bacon.
- Author
- Ouaknin, Marc-Alain.
- Publication
- New York : Abbeville Press, c1999.
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Details
- Description
- 381 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-375).
- Contents
- A short history of writing -- Pictogram, ideogram, and phonogram -- The Lady of the Turquoise: proto-Sinaitic script -- The example of the letter aleph -- When aleph became alpha -- The alphabet -- The archeographic revolution.
- Call Number
- *IC 01-7307
- ISBN
- 0789205238
- 0789205211 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 98044840
- OCLC
- 40076585
- Author
- Ouaknin, Marc-Alain.
- Title
- Mysteries of the alphabet : the origins of writing / Marc-Alain Ouaknin ; translated from the French by Josephine Bacon.
- Imprint
- New York : Abbeville Press, c1999.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 372-375).
- Research Call Number
- *IC 01-7307