1) Document forgery
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Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or Diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents – particularly, but not exclusively, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, protocols and formulae that have been used by document creators, and uses these ...
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science of deciphering ancient writings and texts
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the study of documents. The term is derived from the Greek word diploma, meaning `doubled` or `folded.` Besides the documents of legal and ... [7 related articles]
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Dip`lo·mat'ics noun The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
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Diplomatics was originally the science of deciphering ancient ,manuscripts. It laid down certain principles for the systematic examination of public documents, and taught the forms and styles adopted in them, the titles and rank of public officers subscribing them, etc. Among the earliest exponents of diplomatics were Papebroeck, an Antwerp Jesuit ...
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the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
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