Historical Texts

noun a specialist in papyrology, the study of ancient literature, texts, and documents written on papyrus

• The papyrologist meticulously studied the ancient scrolls to decipher their meaning.
• My friend is a papyrologist, which means he spends his days reading old texts.
• I never thought I'd be friends with a papyrologist, but here we are.
• As a papyrologist of emotions, she delved deep into the layers of human experience.

noun books, pamphlets, or broadsides that were printed before the year 1501

• The library's collection includes rare incunabula dating back to the 15th century.
• I found some really old books, like incunabula, at the antique store.
• Check out these ancient incunabula books I scored at the thrift shop!
• The discovery of the ancient manuscript was like finding literary incunabula.