archaeography
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)