paleography

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌpeɪliˈɑɡɹəfi/[2]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

paleography (countable and uncountable, plural paleographies) (American spelling)

  1. The study of old or ancient forms of writing.[2]
  2. Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls.
  3. (obsolete) Paleogeography.

Translations

References
  1. “palaeography | paleography, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, draft revision (March 2005)
  2. Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "palaeography | paleography, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.
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