"archaeography" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɑːkiːˈɒɡɹəfɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: archaeographies [plural]
enPR: ärkēŏʹgrəfĭ [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: Formed as archae- + -o- + -graphy, after the Ancient Greek ἀρχαιογράφος (arkhaiográphos, “the writing of antiquities”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|archae-|-o-|-graphy}} archae- + -o- + -graphy, {{uder|en|grc|ἀρχαιογράφος||the writing of antiquities}} Ancient Greek ἀρχαιογράφος (arkhaiográphos, “the writing of antiquities”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} archaeography (countable and uncountable, plural archaeographies)
  1. Descriptive aspects and practices of early antiquarianism, and later archaeology in general. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-archaeography-en-noun-6J5zL06K
  2. An interdisciplinary field that studies various, mutually correlated aspects and properties of ancient manuscripts, early printed materials and other textual historical sources, thus preparing and producing scholarly descriptions and editions. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (treatise on antiquities): archéographie [feminine] (French), archeografia [feminine] (Polish), arqueografia [feminine] (Portuguese), arheografie [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-archaeography-en-noun-s6-EjVjh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -o-, English terms prefixed with archae-, English terms suffixed with -graphy, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -o-: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with archae-: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graphy: 35 65 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'treatise on antiquities': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: archaeographist, archaeographic, archaeographically
Categories (other): History Disambiguation of History: 0 0

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