codicology

noun

codicology

noun

Etymology Borrowed from French codicologie (with ending adapted to -ology), from Latin cōdic- (stem of cōdex) + French -ologie.

1

Usually The study of codices (early handwritten books).

Derived terms
codicologist
Related terms
codicological, palaeography

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