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Dates: during 2002-2002
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Also intriguing is a book called “Alphabets?? by Davidson. The book, small but defiantly shiny, consists of copper plates bound by four rings. Into each plate is carved a different alphabet; on the two visible pages, the Etruscan and Gothic alphabets are on display. Perhaps Davidson hopes to make a pregnant and theoretical statement about the transience and protean nature of alphabets, languages and the written medium in general. Either way, the book of copper plates is visually impressive...

Author: By Z. SAMUEL Podolsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Books Worth a Thousand Pictures | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

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