Paleography

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒpælɪˈɒɡɹəfi/, /ËŒpeɪlɪˈɒɡɹəfi/

• US IPA: /ËŒpeɪliˈɑɡɹəfi/

Alternative forms

• palaeography UK
• palæography UK, dated

Origin

- + graphy + -; imitating Latin palaeographia for the first sense and French paléographie and paléogéographie for the second and third senses.

“palaeography paleography, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, draft revision (March 2005)

Full definition of paleography

Noun

1. (US) The study of old/ancient forms of writing.
2. (US) Ancient forms of writing, as in a manuscript or document.
3. (obsolete) Paleogeography.