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Definition of codicology in English: codicologynoun ˌkəʊdɪˈkɒlədʒi mass nounThe study of manuscripts and their interrelationships. Example sentencesExamples - This seminar provides students with a firm foundation in the discipline of codicology and introduces them to the cultural history of the medieval book.
- A fairly brief introduction provides a basic description of the manuscript, concentrating on its codicology and production.
- Hebrew handwritten books may indeed serve as a useful means for devising a comparative codicology and paleography.
- Students taking this subject will study textual criticism; the elements of codicology and paleography; and examples of the major European bookhands in the Middle Ages.
- For the Medieval Studies M.A. students can take the class on How to Describe a Medieval Manuscript, which gives an introduction to transcription and codicology.
Origin 1950s: from French codicologie, from Latin codex, codic- (see codex). |