Paleography Definition

pālē-ŏgrə-fē
noun
The study of ancient writings.
Webster's New World
Ancient writing or forms of writing, collectively.
Webster's New World
The manner of writing in an earlier, especially ancient, document or set of documents.
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Other Word Forms of Paleography

Noun

Singular:
paleography
Plural:
paleographies

Origin of Paleography

  • paleo- +"Ž -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses.

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