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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog alternative "Writing and scripts".
- catalog contributor b12842635.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.".
- catalog description "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?".
- catalog extent "96 p. :".
- catalog identifier "080208172X".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog subject "411 21".
- catalog subject "Alphabet History.".
- catalog subject "P211 .B6967 1998".
- catalog subject "Writing History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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?".
- catalog title "The British Library guide to writing and scripts : history and techniques / Michelle P. Brown.".
- catalog title "Writing and scripts".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".