archaeography
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formed as archae- + -o- + -graphy, after the Ancient Greek ἀρχαιογράφος (arkhaiográphos, “the writing of antiquities”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ärkēŏʹgrəfĭ, IPA(key): /ɑːkiːˈɒɡɹəfɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun[edit]
archaeography (countable and uncountable, plural archaeographies)
- Discipline for publishing treatises of any antiquity or antiquities.
- 1907, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature[1], page 285:
- The institute grants the degree of doctor of archæology or archæography.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
treatise on antiquities
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References[edit]
- “archæography” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)
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