Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts

212 Pages·2016·35.72 MB·English

by  Jean Georges.

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prisoner in the battle. He gave the whole work the title
Chronicles ofFrance, England, Scotland, Spain, Brittany,
andFlanders. It took the story up to the end ofthe
14th century, the major part dealing with the
Hundred Years War. A brilliant chronicler and
historiari, Froissart recorded the most minute details
bearing on these historic events.
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CONTENTS
HUMBLEBEGINNINGS
I
11
INVENTIONOFTHEGODS
II
25
THEALPHABETREVOLUTION
III
51
IV FROMCOPYISTSTOPRINTERS
73
V THEBOOKMAKERS
97
VI THEDECIPHERERS
117
DOCUMENTS
129
FurtherReading
199
ListofIllustrations
200
Index
204