bibliology · noun — the study of the history of books and the art of printing. It carries an Arena rating of 1408, earned across 12 head-to-head judged battles.
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Why “bibliology” is a great word
The systematic study of books as material artifacts of production and history, and, in theological contexts, the doctrine of Scripture. From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + -λογία (-logía, “branch of study”); first recorded in English 1800–10. Unlike bibliography, which inventories writings, or theology, which contemplates the divine, bibliology narrows its lens to the physical object and its sacred claims. It is the weight of vellum in the hand, the faint embossment of a hand-press on a page, and the quiet, centuries-long argument over a single comma in a gospel—a testament that truth resides equally in the fiber of the paper and the fiber of the word.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + -λογία (-logía, “branch of study”); see biblio- + -logy.
noun
- The study of the history of books and the art of printing.
- The study of biblical literature, or theology.
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