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Paleography

Paleography is the study of ancient handwriting. It aims at decipherment and interpretation of these texts which allows a modern student or researcher to read works of the past. It is also used for historical tracing and determination of the origins and forms of handwriting in old manuscripts.

See also: codex, hieroglyph, ugaritic language

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