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epigraphy|ɪˈpɪgrəfɪ|
[f. epigraph; see -graphy.]
1. Inscriptions collectively.
1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) II. iv. ii. 215 Its philological features appear to be foreign to Irish epigraphy. 1877J. Northcote Catacombs i. vi. 113 The language of Christian epigraphy was not created in a day. 1882Contemp. Rev. Dec. 921 note, The records of epigraphy constitute a fair test of the progress of Christianity as far as the upper classes are concerned.
2. The science concerned with the interpretation, classification, etc. of inscriptions. Often in narrower sense: The palæography of inscriptions.
1863Sat. Rev. 18 July 95 The science of epigraphy..seems still, as far as Britain is concerned, to be quite in its infancy. 1885Athenæum No. 2985. 45 Aramaic epigraphy has made startling progress in the course of the year. |