sigillography

English

Etymology

From Latin sigillum (small image), + English suffix -graphy.

Noun

sigillography (uncountable)

The study of seals, especially those attached to documents.

Synonyms

sphragistics

Related terms

Translations

study of seals and sigils

Finnish: sinettitiede
French: sigillographie (fr) f
Galician: sixilografía (gl) f
German: Sphragistik f

Italian: sigillografia f
Russian: сфраги́стика (ru) f (sfragístika), сигиллогра́фия (ru) f (sigillográfija)
Swedish: sigillografi c, sfragistik (sv) c

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