Meanings
nouncodicology (usually uncountable, plural codicologies)
plural codicologies
- uncountableusuallyThe study of codices (early handwritten books).
Origin
- Frenchcodicologie
- Englishcodicology
Borrowed from French codicologie (with ending adapted to -ology), from Latin cōdic- (stem of cōdex) + French -ologie.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan codicologia
- codicologiaTranslations
Dutch codicologie
- codicologieTranslations
Finnish kodikologia
- kodikologiaTranslations
French codicologie
- codicologieTranslations
German Kodikologie, Handschriftenkunde
- KodikologieTranslations
- HandschriftenkundeTranslations
Italian codicologia
- codicologiaTranslations
Polish kodykologia
- kodykologiaTranslations
Portuguese codicologia
- codicologiaTranslations
Romanian codicologie
- codicologieTranslations
Russian кодиколо́гия
- кодиколо́гия (kodikológija)Translations
Spanish codicología
- codicologíaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
codicology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codicology
MLA
“codicology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codicology. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “codicology,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codicology.
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