diplomatics

the science of deciphering old official documents

TRANSLATION

Diplomatik, Urkundenlehre

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Vienna is one of the centers of the scholarly world for the study of diplomatics, and we have come to expect a steady flow of fine editions and monographs treating the problems of medieval letters."

(Kenneth Pennington, Book reviews: Medieval, Catholic Historical Review, Oct 1991)

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