Paleography
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Scope of this subject
Works on written languages as a form of communication or discourse are entered under [Written communication.] Works on the process or result of recording language in the form of conventionalized visible marks or graphic signs on a surface are entered under [Writing.] Works on the writing of a particular language are entered under the name of the language with subdivisions [Alphabet] and [Writing,] e.g. [Greek language--Alphabet; Egyptian language--Writing.] Works on systems of writing used by several peoples are entered under [Writing,] followed by the name of the system, e.g. [Writing, Arabic.] General and comparative works on the Semitic alphabet and its ancient and modern derivatives, or with similar series of characters employed to represent the sounds of a language, are entered under [Alphabet.] Here are entered works on variations in the style of writing in the past and especially with ancient and medieval handwriting.
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Names and connections
Handwriting
- Broader: Auxiliary sciences of history
- Broader: Writing
- Narrower: Bamboo inscriptions
- Narrower: Bark inscriptions
- Narrower: Bone carving
- Narrower: Coptic paleography
- Narrower: Copyists
- Narrower: Cuneiform writing
- Narrower: Hieroglyphics
- Narrower: Inscriptions
- Narrower: Jade inscriptions
- Narrower: Manuscripts (Papyri)
- Narrower: Ostraka
- Narrower: Palm-leaf inscriptions
- Narrower: Runes
- Narrower: Runology
- Narrower: Signatures (Writing)
- Narrower: Stichometry
- Narrower: Tablets (Paleography)
- Narrower: Tironian notes
- Narrower: Writing, Gothic
- Narrower: Writing, Humanistic
- Narrower: Writing, Minuscule
- Narrower: Writing, Uncial
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