Author: Isaac TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Alphabet
Author: Isaac TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabet
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Alphabet. An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters
Author: Isaac TaylorPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385347157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Inventing the Alphabet
Author: Johanna DruckerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226815811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
"Though there are many books about the history of the alphabet, virtually none address how that history came to be. In Inventing the Alphabet, Johanna Drucker guides readers from antiquity to the present to show how humans have shaped and reshaped their own understanding of this transformative writing tool. From ancient beliefs in the alphabet as a divine gift to growing awareness of its empirical origins through the study of scripts and inscriptions, Drucker describes the frameworks-classical, textual, biblical, graphical, antiquarian, archaeological, paleographic, and political-within which the alphabet's history has been and continues to be constructed. Drucker's book begins in ancient Greece, with the earliest writings on the alphabet's origins. She then explores biblical sources on the topic and medieval preoccupations with the magical properties of individual letters. She later delves into the development of modern archaeological and paleographic tools, and she concludes with the role of alphabetic characters in the digital era. Throughout, she argues that, as a shared form of knowledge technology integrated into every aspect of our lives, the alphabet performs complex cultural, ideological, and technical functions, and her carefully curated selection of images demonstrates how closely the letters we use today still resemble their original appearance millennia ago"--
Significance of the Alphabet
Author: Charles V. KraitsirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alphabet
Languages : la
Pages : 72
Book Description
Letter Perfect
Author: David SacksPublisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.
Ox, House, Stick
Author: Don RobbPublisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1570916098
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
See how the Roman alphabet began and how it has changed through the years.
The Letter and the Cosmos
Author: Laurence de LoozePublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442624124
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
From our first ABCs to the Book of Revelation’s statement that Jesus is “the Alpha and Omega,” we see the world through our letters. More than just a way of writing, the alphabet is a powerful concept that has shaped Western civilization and our daily lives. In The Letter and the Cosmos, Laurence de Looze probes that influence, showing how the alphabet has served as a lens through which we conceptualize the world and how the world, and sometimes the whole cosmos, has been perceived as a kind of alphabet itself. Beginning with the ancient Greeks, he traces the use of alphabetic letters and their significance from Plato to postmodernism, offering a fascinating tour through Western history. A sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, The Letter and the Cosmos is illustrated with copious examples of the visual and linguistic phenomena which de Looze describes. Read it, and you’ll never look at the alphabet the same way again.
The Story of Writing
Author: Donald JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Alphabets
Author: Publisher: Black Dog Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781907317095
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
"A playful take on the alphabets relationship with art, design, typography, children's books, learning aides, commercial signage, contemporary culture and everything and anything in between"--Page 4 of cover.
Letter by Letter
Author: Laurent PflughauptPublisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568987378
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Contains twenty-six alphabetically arranged entries describing each letter of the Roman alphabet individually, providing facts about each letter while tracing its history, evolution, and form.