The British Library guide to writing and scripts
Subtitle: history and techniques
By: Michelle P. Brown.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Writing -- History.; Alphabet -- History.
Other titles: Writing and scripts
Description: "In The British Library Guide to Writing and Scripts: History and Techniques, Michelle P. Brown surveys the many forms in which writing has evolved in East and West, the tools and materials used, and how they have influenced the development of scripts. She examines particularly the processes involved in the production of the medieval book in the West, and assesses the impact of later technological developments in communication on the current state of writing and its future."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.
First published: London : The British Library, 1998, in series: British Library guides.