palaeotype

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English

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Etymology

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From New Latin palaeotypus (which dates from the early days of printing; incunabulum, paleotype), synchronically palaeo- +‎ type.

Noun

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palaeotype (plural palaeotypes)

  1. An old book printed between 1500 and 1550.
    • 1854, Jos. C. Coswell, The Astor Library:
      The library of the British Museum is [] rich in manuscripts, rich in palaeotypes, rich in the science, history, and literature of every age and nation.
    • 2000, Manuscripta Orientalia: International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, Volumes 6-7, page 22:
      The identification of this edition as an incunabulum, and not an early palaeotype, evokes doubts in a number of scholars (for example, it was not included in the Census).
  2. (historical) A phonetic alphabet developed by Alexander John Ellis to represent all spoken sounds of English by means of the printing types that were in common use in the mid-19th century, one of the predecessors of IPA.
    • 1889, Alexander Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation:
      Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.
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