Mysteries of the Alphabet
Author:   Marc-Alain Ouaknin
Publisher:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
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9780789205216


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 March 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Mysteries of the Alphabet


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Author:   Marc-Alain Ouaknin
Publisher:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 21.70cm
Weight:   0.929kg
ISBN:  

9780789205216


ISBN 10:   0789205211
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 March 1999
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Part I Origin and evolution: brief history of writing; pictograms, ideograms and phonograms; the turquoise woman - Protosinaic pictograms; the example of the letter Aleph; how Aleph became Alpha. Part II The alphabet. Part III The revolution of archaeography.

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