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palaeography

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palaeography [ˌpælɪˈɒgrəfɪ]
n
1. (Historical Terms) the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc., and may serve as historical and literary sources
2. (Historical Terms) a handwriting of the past
palaeographer  n
palaeographic  [ˌpælɪəʊˈgræfɪk], palaeographical adj

paleography, palaeography
1. ancient forms of writing, as in inscriptions, documents, and manuscripts.
2. the study of ancient writings, including decipherment, translation, and determination of age and date. — paleographer, palaeographer, n.paleographic, palaeographic, adj.
See also: Writing
1. ancient forms of writing, as in inscriptions, documents, and manuscripts.
2. the study of ancient writings, including decipherment, translation, and determination of age and date. — paleographer, palaeographer, n. — paleographic, palaeographic, adj.
See also: Literature
the study of ancient writings, including inscriptions. — paleographer, palaeographer, n.paleographic, palaeographic, adj. papyrology the study of ancient writings on papyrus. — papyrologist, n.
See also: Antiquity
Translations
palaeography [ˌpælɪˈɒgrəfɪ] Npaleografía f


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A sampling of topics turns up birth and death statements, colophon, letterforms or allographs, primitive codicology and palaeography, quire, scribal etiquette, and vignette.
In other words, art history, palaeography and the historical sciences more generally were in the midst of unprecedented change in the ways by which historical artefacts, and manuscripts in particular, were to be examined, recorded and compared.
Julie Kanter, MA medieval history graduate, King's College London I studied the required subjects of materials and methods, Latin - intermediate and advanced - and palaeography, as well as my chosen optional classes of English royal government and Magna Carta.
 
 
 
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