Bibliograph

Sign, symbol, and script, an account of man's efforts to write, by Hans Jensen, professor at the University of Rostock

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Sign, symbol, and script, an account of man's efforts to write, by Hans Jensen, professor at the University of Rostock

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sign, symbol, and script

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

59317

Responsibility statement

by Hans Jensen, professor at the University of Rostock

Sub title

an account of man's efforts to write

Table Of Contents

First steps towards writing -- Idea-writing (pictography) -- The universal course of development in writing -- The Egyptian group of scripts -- The Cuneiform scripts -- Ancient Mediterranean scripts -- The East-Asian group of scripts -- African scripts -- The old American group of scripts -- North-American and Arctic scripts -- The Semitic group of scripts -- The Indian group of scripts -- The Upper-Asian group of scripts -- The Iranian group of scripts -- The Greek group of scripts

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