paleographer

paleographer — 名詞

1. a scholar who studies very old handwritten documents to work out when they were

1.名詞C2
釋義

古文書學家

研究古代手寫文件的學者

a scholar who studies very old handwritten documents to work out when they were written, who wrote them, and what the letters and shapes mean.

例句

Dr. Tanaka, a paleographer at Kyoto University, dated the old diary to the 1300s.

京都大學的古文書學家 Dr. Tanaka 將那本舊日記推斷為十四世紀的作品。

appositive: a paleographer at [institution]

The museum hired a paleographer to read faded letters on the medieval parchment.

博物館聘請了一位古文書學家，來辨讀中世紀羊皮紙上褪色的字跡。

collocation: hire / consult a paleographer

常見搭配
  • trained paleographer
  • leading paleographer
  • consult a paleographer
  • paleographer of medieval manuscripts
同義詞
  • manuscript scholar

    broader; covers the whole study of handwritten books, not only the script itself

  • codicologist

    focuses on the physical book (binding, paper, layout) rather than the handwriting

  • epigrapher

    studies writing carved into stone or metal, not handwriting on paper or parchment

文法句型

a paleographer of [period/region]

用法筆記

Subject of the noun is almost always an academic or museum professional; the noun itself is countable and often appears with an institutional descriptor (at the British Library, from Oxford, at a regional archive).

常見錯誤

My grandmother is a paleographer because she has very old letters at home.
My grandmother collects very old letters at home.
being a paleographer requires academic training, not just owning old papers.
The paleographer dug up some pottery near the river.
The archaeologist dug up some pottery near the river.
paleographers study old writing on documents, not buried objects.

同根字

  • paleography
    名詞C2
  • paleographic
    形容詞C2
  • paleographical
    形容詞C2
  • paleographically
    副詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • paleographer's report
  • paleographer's analysis
  • team of paleographers

常用片語

  • consult a paleographer
  • trained paleographer
  • leading paleographer in the field

介系詞搭配

  • paleographer of
  • paleographer at
  • paleographer from