palaeography
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Palaeography is the study of ancient and historical handwriting and writing styles, which helps scholars understand how documents were written and dated. It matters because analyzing handwriting can reveal important information about historical documents, such as authenticating whether a text is genuine or identifying when it was written.
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- Application
- Document dating
- Ancient Near East
- Aramaic palaeography
- Greek palaeography
- Ptolemaic period
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Vellum and paper manuscripts
- Uncial hand
- Minuscule hand
- Accents, punctuation, and division of words
- China
- India
- North India
- South India
- List of South Indian scripts
- Latin
- Overview
- Majuscule writing
- Capital writing
- Early cursive writing
- Uncial writing
- List of Latin alphabets
- Minuscule cursive writing
- Early minuscule cursive
- National hands
- Set minuscule writing
- Half-uncial writing
- Irish and Anglo-Saxon writing
- Pre-Caroline
- Carolingian minuscule
- Gothic minuscule
- Rise of modern writing
- Developments
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- Arabic palaeography
- Western palaeography
- Indian palaeography
- Digital palaeography
- External links
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Palaeography (UK) or paleography (US) (ultimately from , , 'old', and , , 'to write') is the study and academic discipline of historical writing systems. It encompasses the historicity of manuscripts and texts, subsuming deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, as well as the analysis of historic penmanship, handwriting scripts, signification, and printed media.