Codicology (from Latin cōdex, genitive cōdicis, `notebook, book`; and Greek -λογία, -logia) is the study of books as physical objects, especially manuscripts written on parchment (or paper) in codex form. It is often referred to as `the archaeology of the book`, concerning itself with the materials (parchment, sometimes referred to as m...
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study of manuscripts
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(from Latin codex, 'book') The study of books as physical artifacts.
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codicology The study of manuscripts. The study of a codex or an older handwritten book. It is closely related to palaeography, the study of handwriting in older manuscripts, and to philology, the study of language and culture in older texts. All three originated in Classical Latin and Greek studies, but they were later extended to the Medieval stu...
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