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paleography

pa·leog·raphy

UK/ˌpalɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ US/ˌpeɪlɪˈɒɡɹəfi/ uncommon obsolete us

noun

1.

the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)

Origin

From paleo- + -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses.

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