palæography

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Palæogeography

Principles of palæography*— The value of palæontology ; meaning of archæan land masses ; search for ancient shore-lines ; reconstruction of original ancient mountains.

The study of ancient forms of writing

Kopp, in his “Palæographia Critica”, laid the foundations for Oriental palæography, while devoting himself exclusively to Semitic languages.

Ancient forms of writing, as in a manuscript or document

The transition from Birc(h)- to Birt- is obscured by the palæography of -t(h)-, -c(h)-, undistinguishable in many sources.

palæography

    Etimoloji

    () Palæo- + -graphy; imitating Latin palaeographia for the 1st sense but French paléographie and paléogéographie for the 2nd and 3rd senses.“” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary