THE ALPHABET ABECEDARIUM: Some Notes on Letters

Richard A. Firmage

ISBN 10: 0879239980 / ISBN 13: 9780879239985

Verlag: David R. Godine, Boston, 1993

Beschreibung

307p. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A softcover book in fine condition, with an old price sticker inside the front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A historical study of the Roman alphabet. Signed by the author on the half-title page.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 179081

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: THE ALPHABET ABECEDARIUM: Some Notes on Letters
• Verlag: David R. Godine, Boston
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
• ISBN-10: 0879239980
• ISBN-13: 9780879239985
• Einband: Paperback
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • European History

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Inhaltsangabe

Drawing from mythology, cosmology, history, the Bible, literature, and esoteric and conventional sources, this book takes the reader on a tour of each of the twenty-six letters that comprise one of civilization's greatest inventions, the Roman alphabet. In chapters that are descriptive, illustrative, and diverse, we are shown the history and development of every letter, how its shape evolved, how its characteristics were encoded, and how its history, attributes, and meanings were reflected in myth, literature, science, and religion.

Reseña del editor

Drawing from mythology, cosmology, history, the Bible, literature, and esoteric and conventional sources, this book takes the reader on a tour of each of the twenty-six letters that comprise one of civilisation's greatest inventions, the Roman alphabet. In chapters that are descriptive, illustrative, and diverse, we are shown the history and development of every letter, how its shape evolved, how its characteristics were encoded, and how its history, attributes, and meanings were reflected in myth, literature, science, and religion.