Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The study of engraved gems and other small sculpture.

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Examples

  • I have published a few articles on untranslatable incunabula without bothering to offer any solutions, a few reviews of what is current in glyptology, cryptology, and cryptanalysis.

    Excerpt from Codex Infinitum Kane X. Faucher 2010

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