Palaeography (History of Writing)
"The English Writing System"
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"English Language" series; Combining an academic perspective from linguistics and psychology with insights into everyday spelling mistakes, The English Writing System will interest students and teachers of linguistics, literature, the English language, psychology and education. With illustrations. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 155 mm. Weight: 430g.
Author: Cook, Vivian
ISBN: 0340808640
Publisher: Hodder Education
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"The Writing Systems of the World"
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"Language Library" series; This book describes world writing systems from earliest times to the present, tracing an apparent pattern of evolution from the iconic precursors of writing, through increasingly more stylized and abstract pictograms to purely arbitrary phonetic symbols. With 0. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 479g.
Author: Coulmas, Florian
ISBN: 0631180281
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 1989 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Egyptian Hieroglyphs"
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"Reading the Past" series; With 48 illustrations. Paperback, 64 pages. Size: 240 x 160 mm. Weight: 181g.
Author: Davies, W. Vivian
ISBN: 0714180637
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 1987 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Dictionary of Chinese Symbols"Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought
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A guide describing more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely. With illus. New ed. Paperback, 336 pages. Size: 220 x 140 mm. Weight: 650g.
Author: Eberhard, Wolfram
ISBN: 0415002281
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 1988 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Writing"Story of Alphabets and Scripts
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"New Horizons" series; The history of the written word, from the cuneiform characters invented in 4000 BC, through the evolution of the alphabet around 2000 BC, to modern typographical techniques. A title from the NEW HORIZONS series of pocket-sized information books, with foldouts and double-page spreads. With 230 illustrations, 120 in colour. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 180 x 125 mm. Weight: 173g.
Author: Jean, Georges
ISBN: 050030016X
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 1992 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Ancient Egypt Hieroglyphs"
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This definitive educational tool provides a systematic, step-by-step approach to learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, complete with fun and increasingly challenging exercises and easy-to-reference sign and word lists. With 39 b&w illus; 41 colour illus. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 262 x 175 mm. Weight: 938g.
Author: Kamrin, Janice
ISBN: 081094961X
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Date: 2004 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Understanding Roman Inscriptions"
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This is the first comprehensive treatment in English to provide an explanation of not only the language of inscriptions but also the context in which they were produced. With 13 line figures, 88 b&w photos. Paperback, 158 pages. Size: 246 x 174 mm. Weight: 330g.
Author: Keppie, Lawrence
ISBN: 0415151430
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 1991 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Afrikan Alphabets"The Story of Writing in Afrika
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With colour illustrations. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 210 x 210 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Mafundikwa, Saki
ISBN: 0977282767
Publisher: Mark Batty Publisher
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs"Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings
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The hieroglyphic script provided a flexible and expressive means to write the names of humans, gods and animals. This book explains the meanings of Egyptian personal names and how they were made up (Rameses = 'Ra has given birth to him'), and demonstrates how they were written in different ways to convey various shades of meaning. With 50 colour illustrations. Paperback, 80 pages. Size: 260 x 200 mm. Weight: 364g.
Author: McDonald, Angela
ISBN: 0714119768
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus"
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"Understanding the Bible and Its World" series; Paperback, 288 pages. Weight: 473g.
Author: Millard, Alan
ISBN: 0567083489
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Avatars of the Word"From Papyrus to Cyberspace
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The written word has been a central bearer of culture since antiquity. However, its position is now being challenged by the powerful media of electronic communication. In this book James O'Donnell takes a reading on the promise and the threat of electronic technology for our literate future. With 1 halftone. New ed. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 209 x 139 mm. Weight: 240g.
Author: O'Donnell, James J.
ISBN: 067400194X
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2000 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Runes"Cuneiform to the Alphabet
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"Reading the Past" series; With 31 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 64 pages. Size: 241 x 171 mm. Weight: 180g.
Author: Page, R.I.
ISBN: 0714180653
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 1987 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"Their Hands Before Our Eyes: a Closer Look at Scribes"The Lyell Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford 1999
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Focus on the handwriting of scribes from late antiquity to the beginning of the sixteenth century, and identifies those features which are a scribe's personal contribution to the techniques and art of handwriting. This book also looks at the significance of customized images of handwriting on the page. With includes 69 b&w illustrations. Hardback, 336 pages. Size: 275 x 220 mm. Weight: 1254g.
Author: Parkes, M.B.
ISBN: 075466337X
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"The Story of Decipherment"From Egyptian Hieroglyphics to Maya Script
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The second revised edition of an introduction to archaeological writing. Pope discusses the contributions to the science of decipherment and examines the developments made by practitioners. Also provided is a description of the process of decipherment with quotations from the original publications. Includes colour illustrations. With 126 illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 241 x 159 mm. Weight: 658g.
Author: Pope, Maurice
ISBN: 050028105X
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 1999 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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"The Story of Writing"Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms
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Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. But how, when and where did writing evolve? This work discusses the history of decipherment and then each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. With over 355 illustrations, 50 in colour. Rev ed. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 254 x 192 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: Robinson, Andrew
ISBN: 0500286604
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Palaeography (History of Writing)
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