paleography

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpalɪˈɒɡɹəfi/|/ˌpeɪlɪˈɒɡɹəfi/    美 /ˌpeɪliˈɑɡɹəfi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of old or ancient forms of writing. US,countable,uncountable
    — Paleography might teach men to read documents, diplomatics to date them and to test their authenticity; but the full significance of an ancient deed might easily escape the most exact paleographer and the most accomplished diplomatist, for the want of that finished sense for legal technicality which is the natural fruit of a conveyancing practice.
  2. Ancient scripts or forms of writing themselves, as uncial, scriptio continua, or methods of using papyrus scrolls. US,countable,uncountable
  3. Paleogeography. US,countable,obsolete,uncountable

词形变化

paleographies plural palaeography alternative,UK palæography alternative,dated

词汇关系

相关词
graphology orthography

词源

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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