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paleographer:
(also ‘paleographist‘; plural: ‘paleographers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ is said with a ‘g’ sound as in “gun”)
Dr John De Bry, an eminent paleographer
a person (an archaeologist) who studies and so knows more about paleography,
(‘paleography’ = the study and identification of writing, especially the ancient writings and forms of writing — ‘paleo’ = ancient and ‘graph’ = writing)
e.g.
Paleographers do an extensive study of old and ancient manuscripts to understand the different forms of writing in the past.
three paleographers (paleography students) at work
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