Alphabet Gallery

BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852)

BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852). French pedagogue and inventor, creator of the writing system for the blind. Braille alphabet. Photography

© Mary Evans/AISA Media

1809, 1852, Aisa, Alphabet, Blind, Braille, French, Historical, History, Import, Inventor, Louis, Pedagogue, Photography, System, Writing

An alphabet of Dutch Dolls

Wooden Dutch dolls are contorted into the letters of the alphabet, showing off their supple wooden joints.
1912

© Mary Evans Picture Library/TAH C

Abc, Alphabet, Alphabets, Children, Doll, Dolls, Dutch, Letter, Letters, Poster, Posters, Toy, Toys, Wooden

Minoan art. Crete. Phaistos Disc

Minoan art. Crete. Phaistos Disc, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (2nd millennium B.C.). Side A. Fired clay. It has 45 hieroglyphic characters engraved on both sides, along with mobile elements in spiral arrangement from the outside toward the center. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

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