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Mysteries of the Alphabet - Hardcover

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9781559704502: Mysteries of the Alphabet

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Synopsis

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

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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  • PublisherArcade Pub
  • Publication date1998
  • ISBN 10 1559704500
  • ISBN 13 9781559704502
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages384
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