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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 pa·le·og·ra·phy /ˌpeliˈɑgrəfi, ||ˌpæ-/
 古文書,古文書學
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Pa·le·og·ra·phy n.
 1. An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.
 2. The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 paleography
      n : the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering
          of them)