The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 37, August 28, 2005, Article 17

VOCABULARY WORD: PALAEOGRAPHY

Katie Jaeger writes: "I subscribe to the monthly newsletter
of the U.K. Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies.
Today's issue announces they are offering a September
course on palaeography, using samples of records from the
16th Century onward. Ah, to have the money and time!
The definition of palaeography is: "the study of reading,
interpreting and understanding old handwriting." Out of
curiosity, I Googled the term and found an online tutorial
at the U.K National Archives: Full Story

I think this website would be of interest to E-Sylum readers."

It's a remarkable coincidence, but the word appeared the
same day on the Colonial Coins mailing list, in a posting by
Bill, a semi-retired lawyer who has recently renewed his
interest in numismatics. He wrote: "I am astounded by the
plethora of numismatic websites today that simply did not
exist ten years ago -- I still have my old fashioned library
of books (some long out of print). My current online project
is brushing up on my Latin and Latin palaeography and
epigraphy, and I have discovered some fantastic websites
in that area."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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