palaeography
Britishnoun
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the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
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a handwriting of the past
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A choice of modules includes dragons in western literature and art, the legend of King Arthur, palaeography, Islamic thought, archaeological theory and practice and the depiction of women in the Middle Ages.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2023
Therefore, the conjecture that these specific fragments may be forgeries rests alone of the interpretation of palaeography and the texts.”
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2017
But there has never been a period when the intelligent study of the past, whether in palaeography, philology, or history, has been so highly cultivated as in the present day.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
The word is applied in palaeography to a unit of measure in MSS., amounting in length to a hexameter line.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
In 1871 he became professor of palaeography at the �cole des Chartes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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