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232 pages • first pub 1995 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780500286609
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Thames Hudson
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol, and script in a succinct and absorbing text. He discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts...
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232 pages • first pub 1995 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780500286609
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Thames Hudson
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol, and script in a succinct and absorbing text. He discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts...