paleography
noun
- ancient writing or forms of writing, collectively
- the study of describing or deciphering ancient writings
See paleography in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pāˌlē-ŏgˈrə-fē)
noun- The study and scholarly interpretation of earlier, especially ancient, writing and forms of writing.
a. The documents whose writing is so studied.
b. The manner of writing in an earlier, especially ancient, document or set of documents.
Related Forms:
- paˌle·o·graphˈic (-ə-grăfˈĭk), paˌle·o·graphˈi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adjective
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