paleography
Meanings
noun
- The study of old or ancient forms of writing.
- Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls.
- Paleogeography.
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Etymology
From paleo- + -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses.
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