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The 12 pages that link to Diplomatics, each with the reason it gives.

• Source criticismRelated: Its analysis of documentary features helps establish whether records are genuine and how they were made.

• Historical source criticismRelated: Documentary conventions help distinguish authentic records from altered or forged ones.

• Archival researchRelated: Diplomatics tests how a record was made before its claims are treated as evidence.

• EpigraphyCompared with: It analyzes documentary conventions rather than inscriptions as material and archaeological objects.

• Historical sourceRelated: Its methods test whether a document’s form matches its claimed origin and function.

• Leopold von RankeRelated: Its techniques help establish whether documents central to historical arguments are genuine and correctly understood.

• CodicologyCompared with: Diplomatics analyzes documents as records; codicology examines their material construction.

• Manuscript studiesRelated: Its methods complement manuscript analysis when a handwritten book contains documentary texts.

• PalaeographyRelated: Document formulas and production practices help distinguish genuine records from later copies or forgeries.

• Anglo-Saxon chartersNarrower topic: Its methods distinguish a charter’s original features from later copying or forgery.

• Vatican Apostolic ArchiveRelated: It helps scholars assess how and why papal documents were created.

• Auxiliary sciences of historyBroader topic: It tests whether documentary records are genuine and interprets how they were produced.