paleography

pa·le·og·ra·phy  (pl-gr-f)

n.

1. The study and scholarly interpretation of earlier, especially ancient, writing and forms of writing.

2.

a. The documents whose writing is so studied.

b. The manner of writing in an earlier, especially ancient, document or set of documents.

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pale·ogra·pher n.

pale·o·graphic (--grfk), pale·o·graphi·cal (--kl) adj.

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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

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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

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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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

paleography - the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them) archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures epigraphy - the study of ancient inscriptions

Translations

paleography

n → Paläografie f