sphra·gis·tics

(sfrə-jĭs′tĭks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The study of seals and signets.

[French sphragistique, from Late Greek sphragistikos, of seals, from Greek sphragistos, stamped, sealed, from sphragis, seal.]

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sphragistics

(sfrəˈdʒɪstɪks)

1. (Heraldry) (functioning as singular) the study of seals and signet rings

2. (Jewellery) (functioning as singular) the study of seals and signet rings

[C19: from Greek sphragistikos, from sphragizein to seal, from sphragis a seal]

sphraˈgistic adj

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sphragistics

the scientific study of seals and signet rings. — sphragistic, adj.

See also: Seals

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References in periodicals archive

Soboleva is a professional archeologist and possesses strong skills in art history, numismatics, sphragistics or sigillography (seals), heraldry (coats-of-arms), and faleristics (military decorations).

Valerie Kivelson, Cartographies of Tsardom: The Land and Its Meanings in Seventeenth-Century Russia

It is to be hoped that it will inspire further work on the texts and the language, as expressed by Sims-Williams (1998): "The complete elucidation of the Bactrian documents and inscriptions will require many kinds of expertise: in palaeography and epigraphy, in history, historical geography, history of religions, numismatics, sphragistics, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese....

Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan, I: Legal and Economic Documents

Mycenological advances can be classified as follows: 1) the comparative study of sphragistics (inscribed and uninscribed sealings and their uses); (2) 2) better understanding of Mycenaean technical terminology; (3) and 3) detailed examination of relevant Linear B tablet series.

Sacrificial feasting in the Linear B documents

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