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Webster 1913 Edition
Archaeography
Arˊchæ-og′ra-phy
(ärˊkē̍-ŏg′rȧ-fy̆)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ἀρχαῖοσ
ancient + -graphy
.] A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.
Definition 2024
archaeography
archaeography
English
Noun
archaeography (countable and uncountable, plural archaeographies)
- Discipline for publishing treatises of any antiquity or antiquities.
- 1907, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature, page 285:
- The institute grants the degree of doctor of archæology or archæography.
- 1907, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature, page 285:
Translations
treatise on antiquities
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References
- “archæography” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)