# Paleography

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  "title": "Paleography",
  "url": "/topics/S85097064",
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  "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory",
  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "b3d3b433f77d2bd0",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "9547701597094691332",
  "address_version": "morton4x16-v1",
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
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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.

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097064

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