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paleography


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paleography  \Pa`le*og"ra*phy\,  n.  [Paleo-  +  -graphy:  cf  F. 
  pal['e]ographie.] 
  1.  An  ancient  manner  of  writing;  ancient  writings, 
  collectively;  as  Punic  paleography. 
 
  2.  The  study  of  ancient  inscriptions  and  modes  of  writing; 
  the  art  or  science  of  deciphering  ancient  writings,  and 
  determining  their  origin,  period,  etc.,  from  external 
  characters;  diplomatics. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paleography 
  n  :  the  study  of  ancient  forms  of  writing  (and  the  deciphering 
  of  them) 




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