From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paleography \Pa'le*og"ra*phy\, noun [Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F. pal['e]ographie.]
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 [wn]:
noun
1: the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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