Paleography
[pey-lee-AH-graf-ee]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: English, 18th century
1.
The study of ancient writing systems and the deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts.
Examples of Paleography in a sentence
"The professor taught paleography, with an expertise in Egyptian hieroglyphics."
"The archivist took a course in paleography so she could do more work with ancient manuscripts."
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