schedography
A method of grammar education used in the Byzantine Empire from around 1000 to the 13th century.
historical, uncountable
[Michael] Psellus prided himself on restoring the science of Schedography, the bugbear of Anna Comnena—it consisted of the minute grammatical analysis of selected passages—exalting Grammar over Literature, in Anna's opinion—and was still highly popular under the Palæologi. [Manuel] Moschopulus wrote a schedographical glossary.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχεδογραφία (skhedographía), from σχέδος (skhédos, “note, composition”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing, drawing”). Compare Italian schedografico.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry schedography (CC BY-SA 4.0).