The Mysteries of the Alphabet - Softcover
Why is A the first letter of the alphabet? Why is O round? This work tells how Protosinaic pictograms - derived from Egyptian heiroglyphics and discovered in the Sinai only at the beginning of the 20th century - changed throughout the millennia and left their trace on our alphabet.
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Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Review:
Original Language: French
This volume surely presented a typesetting challenge, and it has been produced with exceptional care, admirable accuracy, and obvious attention to calligraphy and textual detail. Strongly recommended. -- Choice, 12/99
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- PublisherPavilion Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1862052360
- ISBN 13 9781862052369
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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