{{Short description|Book1987 book by Georges Jean, from “Abrams Discoveries” series}}
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'''''Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts''''' ({{lang-langx|fr|'''L'écriture, mémoire des hommes'''|translation=Writing: Memory of Humans}}) is a 1987 [[Livre d'art|illustrated]] [[monograph]] on the [[history of the alphabet]] and [[History of writing|writing]]. Written by French linguist [[Georges Jean]], and published by [[Éditions Gallimard]] as the 24th volume in their "[[Découvertes Gallimard|Découvertes]]" collection. The book is one of the five bestsellers in the collection, together with ''[[The Search for Ancient Egypt]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gallimard.fr/Divers/Plus-sur-la-collection/Decouvertes-Gallimard/(sourcenode)/116085 |title=Collection Découvertes Gallimard — Informations commerciales |language=fr |date=2016 |website=gallimard.fr |accessdate=20 November 2021}}</ref>
== Synopsis ==
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| caption1 = "In the Middle Ages a form of sacred writing became established in the monasteries. Beautifully designed and executed, it reflected the serenity of both those who created it and the sittingsetting in which they worked." Illuminated capital from a bible dating to the 12th or early 13th century. [[Coimbra]], Portugal (G. Jean, ''Writing'', {{p.|73}}).
