Brookfield (1-22)

do we have to write a blog for this reading?

Yes... I was going to send out an e-mail Sunday w/ details.

"In stone inscriptions the Romans used only capital letters, though they developed other styles for everyday writing. The carver first drew the inscription with chalk and then painted the letters with a brush. The sweep of the brush gave the letters their shape and made thick and thin strokes. The stone carver followed the same line when carving out the letters with an iron chisel. (Brookfield, Book 17)"

Trackback: http://blogs.setonhill.edu/ChristopherUlicne//022930.html

"At first the Greeks wrote in almost any direction - even a spiral..." (p. 14) -- Brookfield, Book

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/KaylaSawyer/2008/01/brookfield-122.html

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/DaniellaChoynowski/2008/01/what_a_pina_it_must_have_been.html

"In China and Japan, many written texts take the form of a roll like this one. (book has a picture to refer to) The Chinese script is written in vertical columns starting at the top right hand corner. In the West, books have a totally different form, and the writing goes from left to right in horizontal lines,” - Brookfield, pg 6.

http://blogs.setonhill.edu/LeslieRodriguez/022938.html

"Once people start to keep written records of trade, agriculture, and major events, they need a constant supply of material to write on. They use natural materials, such as wood, bamboo, or bone, but these are difficult to write on and and are not practical. The ancient Egyptians found that they could make an excellent material for their documents from the papyrus plant. The knowledge of how to make papyrus sheets spread all over the ancient Mediterranean world. When the supply of papyrus began to run out, people looked for a substitute. The result was parchment, which was made from animal skins. Until paper reached the West in the Middle Ages, parchment was the most important writing material." (Brookfield. BOOK. p20)

Here is the link to my blog:
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/JeremyBarrick/2008/01/el336_brookfield_new_beginning.html