An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.
The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
The study of handwriting. In Dead Sea Scrolls studies, the pioneering paleographic work of Frank M. Cross has yielded a picture of the development of Hebrew handwriting that is still used to date manuscripts.
The study of scripts and letter formations. From the Greek paleo - old and graphos - writing.
ancient writing in the form of inscriptions or documents or the study of ancient writing for the purposes of decipherment or dating
( Gr. 'palaeos'=old + 'graphos'=written) The study of ancient handwriting.
The study or science of deciphering ancient writings to determine their origin.
the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
The study of written script, according to its form and peculiar characteristics, relating to historical periods, usually in an effort to arrive at the date of a manuscript.
study of the form of ancient handwriting
The study and deciphering of ancient writings.
The study of ancient handwriting techniques and styles. This science is helpful in determining the age of a manuscript.