RATIONES RERUM 22: Articolo Alessandro Campus

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Rationes Rerum 22

ALESSANDRO CAMPUS
Per la storia della scrittura alfabetica. In margine a un libro recente

The publication of the book Il dono di Cadmo by Alessandro Magrini offers an opportunity to revisit two central themes in the history of writing: the definition of “alphabet” and its origins. Taking Magrini’s considerations as a starting point, the first attestations of consonantal scripts are considered, describing their respective peculiarities, up to the Greek invention of consonants.