palæography

词形变化

palæographies 复数 palæographies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of paleography (study of ancient forms of writing).

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    We should like to have them collected by Dr. Young; whose acuteness and learning seem calculated to subdue the difficulties of palæography.

    PALÆOGRAPHY. The study of antient documents, called by modern antiquaries ‘Palæography,’ is too extensive a subject to be canvassed at length in a work like the present.

    The study of the caligraphy, or penmanship, of ancient MSS. is replete with interest; and the art of deciphering ancient writings, or palæography, has received of late years some of the attention it deserves.

    1898, Joris-Karl Huysmans (translated by Clara Bell), The Cathedral, Chapter X Now they are editing and printing a musical Palæography, one of the most learned and abstruse of modern publications.

  2. 2.

    Alternative form of paleography (paleogeography).

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