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こもんじょ 古文書
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Noun
1. historical document; archives; old manuscript; paleograph​
Noun
2. pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular​See also 文書 もんじょ, paleography term
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3. Palaeography​Palaeography, also spelt paleography (from Greek παλαιός palaiós, "old" and γράφειν graphein, "to write") is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of scriptoria.
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