PALEOGRAPHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paleography" is a kind of...):

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paleography"):

epigraphy (the study of ancient inscriptions)

Credits