Epigraphy
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Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts
The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum
Inscription on the pedestal of the statue of Michel Ney from Paris
Tamil inscription on Brihadeshwara temple, Thanjavur, India
Trilingual inscription of Xerxes I at Van Fortress in Turkey
Palaeography
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Palaeography or paleography is the study and academic discipline of historical writing systems. It encompasses the historicity of manuscripts and texts, subsuming deciphering and dating of historical
Epigraphy
…lengthy document (such as a treatise, a work of literature, or a hagiographic inscription). Epigraphy overlaps other competences such as numismatics or palaeography. When compared to books, most inscriptions are short. The media and the forms of the graphemes are diverse: engravings in stone or metal, scratches on…
William Shakespeare's will, written in secretary hand
Table showing the Mandaic alphabet with some of the mysteries represented by the letters
Detail of the Berlin papyrus 9875 showing the 5th column of Timotheus' Persae, with a coronis symbol to mark the end
The Derveni Papyrus, a Greek Macedonian philosophical text dating 340 BC, considered Europe's oldest manuscript