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Meaning of "palaeography" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PALAEOGRAPHY

palaeography  [ˌpælɪˈɒɡrəfɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALAEOGRAPHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Palaeography is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PALAEOGRAPHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

palaeography

Palaeography

Palaeography or palæography, also spelled paleography, is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of scriptoria.

Definition of palaeography in the English dictionary

The definition of palaeography in the dictionary is the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources. Other definition of palaeography is a handwriting of the past.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALAEOGRAPHY


angiography
ˌændʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
arteriography
ɑːˌtɪərɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
autobiography
ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
autoradiography
ˌɔːtəʊˌreɪdɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
bibliography
ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
biogeography
ˌbaɪəʊdʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
biography
baɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
choreography
ˌkɒrɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
echocardiography
ˌɛkəʊkɑːdɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
electrocardiography
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌkɑ:dɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
electromyography
ɪˌlɛktrəʊmaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
geography
dʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
hagiography
ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
historiography
ˌhɪstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
palaeogeography
ˌpælɪəʊdʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
physiography
ˌfɪzɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
phytogeography
ˌfaɪtəʊdʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
radiography
ˌreɪdɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
videography
ˌvɪdɪˈɒɡrəfɪ
zoogeography
ˌzəʊədʒɪˈɒɡrəfɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALAEOGRAPHY

palaeogaea
Palaeogene
palaeogeographer
palaeogeographic
palaeogeographical
palaeogeographically
palaeogeography
palaeographer
palaeographic
palaeographical
palaeographist
palaeolimnology
palaeolith
Palaeolithic
Palaeolithic man
palaeomagnetic
palaeomagnetism
palaeontographic
palaeontographical
palaeontography

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALAEOGRAPHY

calligraphy
cartography
chromatography
cinematography
computed tomography
computerized tomography
cryptography
crystallography
demography
discography
filmography
gas chromatography
lithography
mammography
oceanography
orthography
photography
pornography
tomography
topography
typography

Synonyms and antonyms of palaeography in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «palaeography» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALAEOGRAPHY

Find out the translation of palaeography to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of palaeography from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «palaeography» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

古文字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paleografía
570 millions of speakers

English

palaeography
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्राचीन शिलालेखों का अध्ययन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

palaeography
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

палеографии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paleografia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাচীন লিপি-বিজ্ঞান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paléographie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Palaeografi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paläographie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

古文書
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고문서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palaeography
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cổ tự học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

palaeography
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅलेअगोग्राफी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eski yazı bilimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paleografia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paleografię
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

палеографії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paleografie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παλαιογραφίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paleografie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

palaeography
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paleografi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of palaeography

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALAEOGRAPHY»

The term «palaeography» is normally little used and occupies the 111.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALAEOGRAPHY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «palaeography» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «palaeography» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about palaeography

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALAEOGRAPHY»

Discover the use of palaeography in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to palaeography and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages
First published in 1979, this work, by the greatest living authority on medieval palaeography, offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account in any language of the history of Latin script.
Bernhard Bischoff, 1990
2
The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books: From the ...
A detailed and highly illustrated survey of medieval book hands, essential for graduate students and scholars of the period.
Albert Derolez, 2003
3
Medieval Latin Palaeography: A Bibliographical Introduction
A comprehensive bibliography of medievel palaeontology for a student's use.
Leonard E. Boyle, 1984
4
Integral palaeography
A collection of articles by Leonard Boyle focusing on the central theme of medieval historical writing and how to study it.
Leonard E. Boyle, 2001
5
A Bibliography Of Palaeography And Manuscriptology
The Bibliography Enlists Around 1500 Entries From More Than 150 Journals, Felicitation Volumes And Books. Gives A Glimpse Of The Research Work By Indological Scholars. Embodies The Basic Source Material. A Good Reference Tool.
Sweta Prajapati, 2004
6
Codicology and palaeography in the digital age 2
In turn, by their extreme fragmentariness, the earliest archaeological manuscripts could generate usefully different questions for the field of palaeography. Here, digitisation offers new common ground for the separate disciplines in the study of  ...
Franz Fischer, Christiane Fritze, Georg Vogeler, 2010
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Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age
Zdenek Uhlif, Adolf Knoll Abstract Codicology and palaeography in the digital age can be developed both through adapt- ing existing methods and using information and communication technologies. This can be achieved e.g by projects ...
Malte Rehbein, Patrick Sahle, Torsten Schassan, 2009
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Paläographie / Palaeography
B ack ground Let us start by defining the term palaeography. It is sometimes used to include everything connected with manuscripts, from the material written upon, to abbreviations, and to the arrangement of the contents. This does not seem ...
Salomo A. Birnbaum, Erika Timm, 2011
9
Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography
THE HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY by EDWARD MATJNDE THOMPSON. Originally published in 1893. PREFACE. THIS Hand-book does not pretend to give more than an outline of the very large subject of Greek and Latin Palaeography.
Edward Maunde Thompson, 2008
10
An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography
CHAPTER XI Greek Palaeography (continued) : The Uneial Book-hand in Vellum Codices CHAPTER XII Greek Palaeography (continued): The Minuscule Book- hand in the Middle Ages—Greek writing in Western Europe . . . . CHAPTER XIII ...
Edward Maunde Thompson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALAEOGRAPHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term palaeography is used in the context of the following news items.
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What a Newly Dated Early Koran Tells Us About Islam
On the whole, palaeography (the study of handwriting) and carbon dating have worked side-by-side to offer a clearer picture than ever of the ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
Discovery of oldest Qur'an fragments could resolve enigmatic history …
On the whole, palaeography (the study of handwriting) and carbon dating have worked side-by-side to offer a clearer picture than ever of the ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
3
Cambridge University unveils to world the Chinese book that …
They are described as "of fundamental importance" for Chinese palaeography, the study of historical handwriting, and our understanding of ... «Cambridge News, Jul 15»
4
What does the discovery of the world's oldest Quran tell us?
Historians schooled in palaeography or philology can often find the evidence furnished by carbon-dating to be unfeasibly early. On the whole ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
5
Rare Books rediscovers 1800 year old papyrus
Marshall has plans to use the scraps in upcoming workshops on palaeography and papyrology. And, in time, the UBC Library hopes to use the ... «Ubyssey Online, Jul 15»
6
“Window on a lost world”: rediscovered papyri at UBC shed light on …
Marshall is also hoping to use the items as a teaching tool for workshops and classroom sessions on papyrology and palaeography. In addition ... «University of British Columbia, Jul 15»
7
From genital mixing to buffet zones: 7 classic 'exam howlers'
He was closely followed by David Ganz, emeritus professor in palaeography at King's College London, who was tickled by a claim that "most ... «Times Higher Education, Jun 15»
8
Flood of fans for Amitav Ghosh
He spoke of his love for research, especially palaeography. We also got to know that he would order his notebooks from a stationary store in ... «The Asian Age, Jun 15»
9
How Magna Carta Went Viral
... a lecturer in palaeography at Cambridge. It is more likely that a draft version of the text hashed out during negotiations, both overt and covert, ... «Smithsonian, Jun 15»
10
'Racist' plan splits history council
Palaeography is the study of ancient and historical handwriting while epigraphy is the study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions. Council ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
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