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Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts
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Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts is a 1987 illustrated monograph on the history of the alphabet and writing. Written by French linguist Georges Jean, and published by Éditions Gallimard as
First French edition. Centre: traditional Chinese character for "brush" by Ru Xiaofan [fr], 20th century; counterclockwise from bottom left: The Book Peddler, 16th-century wood engraving, Musée Carnavalet, Paris; detail of a plate entitled L'Art d'écrire, from the Encyclopédie, 1763; cover of a Kufic Koran from the Maghreb, photograph; hieroglyphic cartouche in Voyage en Égypte, Jean-François Champollion.
First French edition. Centre: traditional Chinese character for "brush" by Ru Xiaofan [fr], 20th century; counterclockwise from bottom left: The Book
Title page illustration: illuminated capital from a 15th-century French manuscript. Bibl. Nat., Paris.
Title page illustration: illuminated capital from a 15th-century French manuscript. Bibl. Nat., Paris.
Back cover illustration: Jean Gerson writing. 15th-century French manuscript. Bibl. Nat., Paris.
Back cover illustration: Jean Gerson writing. 15th-century French manuscript. Bibl. Nat., Paris.
"In the Middle Ages a form of sacred writing became established in the monasteries. Beautifully designed and executed, it reflected the serenity of bo
"In the Middle Ages a form of sacred writing became established in the monasteries. Beautifully designed and executed, it reflected the serenity of both those who created it and the setting in which they worked." Illuminated capital from a bible dating to the 12th or early 13th century. Coimbra, Portugal (G. Jean, Writing, p. 73).
Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined ideographic, logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements, w
Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti I (KV17), 13th century BC
Hieroglyphs from the tomb of Seti I (KV17), 13th century BC
Paintings with symbols on Naqada II pottery (c. 3500–3200 BC)
Paintings with symbols on Naqada II pottery (c. 3500–3200 BC)
Designs on tokens from Abydos, carbon dated to c. 3400–3200 BC. They are similar to contemporary tags from Uruk.
Designs on tokens from Abydos, carbon dated to c. 3400–3200 BC. They are similar to contemporary tags from Uruk.
The Min Palette: a mudstone palette with the archaic hieroglyph Min for the god of fertility Min in relief. Pre-dynastic Naqada III. 3250–3100 BC. El-
The Min Palette: a mudstone palette with the archaic hieroglyph Min for the god of fertility Min in relief. Pre-dynastic Naqada III. 3250–3100 BC. El-Amra