Codicology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of codices (early handwritten books). uncountable, usually

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book artifact analysisbook material analysiscodex physical analysismanuscript study

Etymology

Borrowed from French codicologie (with ending adapted to -ology), from Latin cōdic- (stem of cōdex) + French -ologie.

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