Palaeography

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of paleography. UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Regarding the ranges of these palaeographic areas, the terms mentioned might again be misleading to a nonadept, who, for example, has to know that the Delta is mostly uncharted territory in regard to Demotic palaeography (due to the lack of sources from this area)."

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alphabetalphabeticsautographybowwow theorycalligraphychirography

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"Regarding the ranges of these palaeographic areas, the terms mentioned might again be misleading to a nonadept, who, for example, has to know that the Delta is mostly uncharted territory in regard to Demotic palaeography (due to the lack of sources from this area)."

Etymology

From palaeo- + -graphy.

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