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| 1 | Why writing? | 7 |
| Systems of information transmission and the relationship between thought, sound, word and image | 7 | |
| Oral tradition | 8 | |
| Mnemonic and other simple forms of graphic message transmission | 11 | |
| Pictography (picture writing) and literal graphic representation | 12 | |
| Logography, the rebus and the development of ideography (thought writing) | 15 | |
| Mixed systems (cuneiform and hieroglyphic) | 23 | |
| Phonography (sound writing): the phonetic systems (syllabic, consonantal and alphabetical) | 28 | |
| Ancient Mediterranean syllabic scripts | 29 | |
| Consonantal and alphabetical scripts | 30 | |
| The western alphabet | 35 | |
| The creation of scripts to suit languages | 42 | |
| Deciphering scripts | 45 | |
| 2 | Form and function | 50 |
| The technology of writing and the materials used | 51 | |
| 3 | Writing in the West | 66 |
| Making a medieval illuminated manuscript: techniques and stages of production | 66 | |
| The people behind the words | 70 | |
| The evolution of western scripts | 78 | |
| 4 | Where is writing going? | 88 |
| Further reading | 93 | |
| Index | 94 |
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Gregory Hrize
reviewed The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts: History and Techniques on April 08, 2016
The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts
Revisiting this one now that I am writing my methods chapter. SO SO SO helpful.
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