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Paleography   Listen
noun
Paleography  n.  
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.





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"Paleography" Quotes from Famous Books



... because they are accepted beacons of philology and Indian paleography. Our national monuments are dated and our ancestral history perverted to suit their opinions; the pernicious evil has ensued, that as a result History is now recording for the misguidance of posterity the false annals ...
— Five Years Of Theosophy • Various
... foine thing t' know how t' spell thim whin th' con-sign-y puts in a claim fer damages, but if th' company is goin' t' carry many 'eponyms' and 'esophaguses' Mike Flannery will be lookin' for another job.—And w'u'd you look at this wan! 'Paleography!' Thim be nice words t' order th' agints av th' ixpriss ...
— Mike Flannery On Duty and Off • Ellis Parker Butler


Words linked to "Paleography" :   archaeology, epigraphy, archeology


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