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  • noun Plural form of paleographer.

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Examples

  • In the meantime Shanks brought in several other expert paleographers to give their opinions on the authenticity of the script itself.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • In the meantime Shanks brought in several other expert paleographers to give their opinions on the authenticity of the script itself.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • In 1899 a deposit of oracular inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells was discovered; they dated from the Shang dynasty, and upon decipherment by paleographers already trained in the ancient script from bronze vessel inscriptions, turned out to be the earliest form of Chinese writing.

    1908-12 2001

  • As regards the physical object, paleographers and philologists, who

    Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909

  • Through all these brilliant prisms, through all these succeeding lights do romantic historians and broad-minded paleographers view the figure of Jeanne d'Arc; and we ask too much from the poor Dauphin Charles, from La Trémouille, from

    The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

  • Distinguishing between different editions of a work, dealing with mistitled and misattributed works, and sorting out dates of publication-these are all tasks that have historically been carried out by human historians, codicologists, paleographers, library scientists, museum curators, textual critics, and learned lovers of books and scrolls since the dawn of writing.

    Ars Technica 2010

  • Distinguishing between different editions of a work, dealing with mistitled and misattributed works, and sorting out dates of publication-these are all tasks that have historically been carried out by human historians, codicologists, paleographers, library scientists, museum curators, textual critics, and learned lovers of books and scrolls since the dawn of writing.

    Ars Technica 2010

  • [11] The defendants (Oded Golan and Robert Deutsch) who have maintained their innocence throughout the ordeal appear to have been vindicated, along with the Biblical Archaeology Review, which consistently supported the authenticity of the inscription, as have leading paleographers André Lemaire of the University of Paris and Ada Yardeni of Hebrew University.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • That's when a photograph of the manuscript in a local newspaper caught the eye of two Israeli paleographers, Mordechay Mishor and Edna Engel, who noticed it resembled a different page of Hebrew writing known as the London manuscript, presently part of the private collection of Stephan Loewentheil of New York.

    KLTV - Local and National News 2010

  • That's when a photograph of the manuscript in a local newspaper caught the eye of two Israeli paleographers, Mordechay Mishor and Edna Engel, who noticed it resembled a different page of Hebrew writing known as the London manuscript, presently part of the private collection of Stephan Loewentheil of New York.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2010

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