codicology
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- Study of codices
- Materials
- Structure
- Pages
- The ''libraire''
- History
- Origins
- Archaeological turn
- Broader approach
- Quantitative codicology
- Comparative codicology
- Structural codicology
- Islamic codicology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- General
- Reference works
- Historical
- Western European codices
- Byzantine codices
- Slavic codices
- Hebrew codices
- Arabic codices
- Ethiopian codices
- Asian codices
- Specific codex texts
- Parchment
- Ink
- Illustration
- Bookbinding
- External links
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Codicology (; from French codicologie; from Latin , genitive , "notebook, book" and Greek , -logia) or manuscriptology (Indian English) is the study of codices or manuscript books. It is often referred to as "the archaeology of the book," a term coined by François Masai. It concerns itself with the materials, tools and techniques used to make codices, along with their features.