Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paleography"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paleography \Pa`le*og"ra*phy\, n. [Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F.
pal['e]ographie.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
paleography
n : the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering
of them)
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