1 Before Gutenberg

Question 1

Hieroglyphics

Answer 1

Holy writing of the Egyptians
Used as letters
Used as pictures of what things were
Determinative-put pictures next to something to change meeting (owl+something=wisdom)
Rebus-two different words put next to each other form new word (bee + leaf = belief)

Question 2

Carolingian minuscule

Answer 2

Capital and lower case hand letters that were standardized by Charlemagne and are a model for the Roman letters we use today. Had spaces between words and lines

Question 3

Paper

Answer 3

Ground up, cooked plant forms that were pressed and dried and used to write on- first invented by the Chinese

Question 4

Heraldry

Answer 4

The basis for ID systems used today, a person would wear a coat of arms designed by a herald to identify families and marriages

Question 5

Mon

Answer 5

Japanese heraldry, corporate designs today often look similar to these family marks

Question 6

Trajan column

Answer 6

A column carved in capital letters, formed serifs and sometimes had triangles to space out words - model for our capital letters

Question 7

Cuneiform

Answer 7

First written language of the Sumerians, means “wedge-shaped”, writing on clay with sticks