Paleography

/pˌeɪliːəʊɡɹˈafi/

/pˌeɪliːoʊɡɹˈæfi/

[noun]

Paleography

[NOUN]

the study of old handwriting and scripts to understand ancient documents and manuscripts

Examples

1. Paleography is the study of old handwriting.

2. The Latin and paleography that I studied during my masters here in York are integral to my current research.

3. While still in grad school, I'd gotten a fellowship to study paleography in Florence, Italy.

4. In order to understand these buildings, we really need to use architectural history, but also our archival skills of paleography, Latin and transcription in the archives.