sigillography

English

Etymology

From Latin sigillum (“small image”), +‎ -graphy.

Noun

sigillography (uncountable)

1. The study of seals, especially those attached to documents.

Synonyms

• sphragistics

Related terms

• sigillographer
• sigillographic

Translations

study of seals and sigils

• Finnish: sinettitiede
• French: sigillographie (fr) f
• Galician: sixilografía (gl) f
• German: Sphragistik f
• Hungarian: pecséttan (hu)
• Italian: sigillografia f
• Russian: сфраги́стика (ru) f (sfragístika), сигиллогра́фия (ru) f (sigillográfija)
• Swedish: sigillografi c, sfragistik (sv) c