paleography

English

Alternative forms

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]
  • IPA(key): (General American) /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]
    • 1910, H. A. L. Fisher, Frederick William Maitland, Downing Professor of the Laws of England‎[1], Cambridge: University Press:
      Paleography might teach men to read documents, diplomatics to date them and to test their authenticity; but the full significance of an ancient deed might easily escape the most exact paleographer and the most accomplished diplomatist, for the want of that finished sense for legal technicality which is the natural fruit of a conveyancing practice.
  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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "palaeography | paleography, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.
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