codicology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of codices (early handwritten books).

Word forms

codicology codicologies

Etymology

Borrowed from French codicologie (with ending adapted to -ology), from Latin cōdic- (stem of cōdex) + French -ologie.

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