| paleography | 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. Origin: Paleo-: cf. F. Paleographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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