paleography
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English
Alternative forms
- palaeography (UK)
- palæography (UK, dated)
Etymology
From paleo- + -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpalɪˈɒɡɹəfi/, /ˌpeɪlɪˈɒɡɹəfi/[2]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpeɪliˈɑɡɹəfi/[2]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun
paleography (countable and uncountable, plural paleographies) (American spelling)
- The study of old or ancient forms of writing.[2]
- Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls.
- (obsolete) Paleogeography.
Translations
study of old forms of writing
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ancient scripts or forms of writing
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References
- “paleography”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “palaeography | paleography, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, draft revision (March 2005)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "palaeography | paleography, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.