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codicology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of codices (early handwritten books).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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History

Etymology

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

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12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: codicologia — Translations
  • Dutch: codicologie — Translations
  • Finnish: kodikologia — Translations
  • French: codicologie — Translations
  • German: Kodikologie — Translations
  • German: Handschriftenkunde — Translations
  • Italian: codicologia — Translations
  • Polish: kodykologia — Translations
  • Portuguese: codicologia — Translations
  • Romanian: codicologie — Translations
  • Russian: кодиколо́гия (kodikológija) — Translations
  • Spanish: codicología — Translations