10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPHRAGISTICS»
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sphragistics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Second ...
The auxiliary sciences of history include: 1 ) archaeology, 2) epigraphy, 3)
paleography, 4) sphragistics or sigillography, 5) numismatics, 6) philately, 7)
genealogy, 8) heraldry, 9) chronology, and 10) diplomatics. Archaeology For the
library ...
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
sphragistics -sfra'djisuks/ o singular noun the study of seals and signet rings. •
sphragisric adj. © 19c: from FYench sphragistique. from Greek sphragis a seal.
sphygmogram /'sfigmoogram/ • noun, medicine a record of variations in blood ...
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Pantology; or a systematic survey of human knowledge: ...
... of autographs have been made ; which, in identifying manuscripts, or
signatures, are of historical, as well as biographical importance. Of similar use is
the study of Sphragistics, or the examination of seals, with their devices and
inscriptions.
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Iran and the World in the Safavid Age
As is known, all the above forms of seals were characteristic of the Near- and
Middle-Eastern sphragistics ofthe period in question, and especially that of
Safavid Iran. In this connection, special mention should be made of almond-
shaped royal ...
Willem Floor, Edmund Herzig, Iran Heritage Foundation, 2012
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Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
Sphragistics (from mppayn, a seal); a branch of diplomatics (q. v.) which teaches
the history of seals and the means which they afford of determining ... They are
round or oval, impressed in ^old, silver, lead, but SPEZIALE— SPHRAGISTICS.
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1835
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Chambers concise dictionary
sphragistics spill human head and lion's body, especially the huge recumbent
statue near the Egyptian pyramids at Giza. 3 a mysterious or enigmatic person. [
14c: Latin, from Greek, from sphingein to hold tight, because of the mythological ...
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The sources and literature of English history from the ...
Text, 1 vol. ; facsimiles, 11 vols. Berlin, [188o]—91. 295 plates. 267, WEs'rw0<fD,
J. O. Facsimiles of the miniatures and ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and Irish
manuscripts. London, 1868. 53, plates. ' D \ § 7. SPHRAGISTICS AND I-
IERALDRY. a.
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, ...
Sphragistics (from efpayis, a seal) ; a branch of diplomatics (q. v.) which teaches
the history of seals and the means which they afford of determining the ... They
are round or oval, impressed in (jold, silver, lead, but SPEZIALE—
SPHRAGISTICS.
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1832
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Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, ...
Sphragistics, as a science, dates from the great work of Heineccius on seals, in
1709 (new ed. 1719, folio, Leipsic). — See also Ficoroni's / Piombi Antichi (Rome
, 1740, 4to.); Manni's Osser- vazioni istoriche sopra i Sigilli antichi de1 Secoli ...
Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, 1854
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The Lost Words: A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origins ...
SPHRAGISTICS The study or knowledge of seals or signet rings. Sphragis is
Greek for a seal. AncientGreeksnamed the Egyptian priest who kept the temple
seal Sphragistes. Partington, 1836: 'Sphragistics is a branch of diplomatics which
...
Pete May, Philip Howard, 2012
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPHRAGISTICS»
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Nigel Kirk: Nottingham Coroner's seal is a rare piece of history
... described Michael Browne as a man of "conspicuous ability", so he would almost certainly have known that sigillography or sphragistics is the study of seals. «Nottingham Post, May 15»
