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manuscript Definition

manu·script (man′yo̵̅o̅ skript′, -yə-)

adjective

  1. written by hand or with a typewriter, not printed
  2. designating writing that consists of unconnected letters resembling print; not cursive

Etymology: L manu scriptus, written by hand < manu, abl. of manus, hand (see manual) + scriptus, pp. of scribere, to write: see scribe

noun

  1. a book or document written by hand, esp. before the invention of printing
  2. a written or typewritten document or paper, esp. the copy of an author's work that is submitted to a publisher or printer
  3. writing as distinguished from print

Etymology: ML manuscriptum

manuscript Synonyms

manuscript

n.

composition, papyrus, parchment, vellum, tablet, stone, paper, document, original, copy, typescript, scroll, letterpress, autograph, translation, facsimile, palimpsest, book, piece of music, typewritten copy, script; see also writing 2.

Famous manuscripts include: Bankes Homer, Harris Homer, Codex Argentus of Ulfilas, the Vatican Virgils, Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, Dead Sea Scrolls, Laurentian Herodotus, Gospels of Vercelli, Charter of King Edgar, Iliad of the Ambrosian, Lindisfarne Gospels, the Book of Deir, the Book of Kells, the Book of the Dun Cow, Gospel Book of Charlemagne, Paris Psalter, Oxford Euclid, Oxford Plato, Cotton Vitellius A-15, Beowulf, Ellesmere Manuscript, Canterbury Tales, Finnsburg Fragment, the Book of the Dead, Rosetta Stone.

manuscript Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • illuminate: Books of Hours were the most popular sort of medieval illuminated manuscript.
  • submit: Authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts on disk.
  • survive: The surviving manuscripts of Frankenstein comprise leaves torn from two sets of notebooks in which Mary Shelley wrote the novel.
  • copy-edit: Proofs should be returned promptly with the original copy-edited manuscript and query sheet.

Adjective modifier

  • unpublished: Mark Townshend, " God, come back to Russia, " unpublished manuscript.
  • medieval: The medieval manuscript was far more likely to be physically beautiful than the modern Bible.
  • handwritten: Type your paper into a computer, either directly or from notes or from a handwritten manuscript.
  • extant: All the extant manuscripts of the Hebrew Old Testament contain substantially a Massoretic text.
  • unsolicited: The publishers cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to unsolicited manuscripts or photographs.
  • Hebrew: Further back we cannot go with the aid of the Hebrew manuscripts alone.

Modifies a noun

  • illumination: Areas of special strength are: classical, medieval and Byzantine art, manuscript illumination, iconography, esthetics, German and Italian art.
  • illuminator: William de Brailes was a 13th c. manuscript illuminator on whom Cockerell did much research.
  • collection: Using finding aids The inventory or the finding aid is the main guide providing access to the contents of a manuscript collection or archive.
  • catalog: For a description of the manuscript, see: 1. Manuscript catalog of the Revd.
  • holding: The research for the book draws extensively on archive sources, especially the manuscript holdings on the Abbey at the National Library of Ireland.

Noun used with modifier

  • autograph: Collections include autograph manuscripts of composers from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.
  • palm-leaf: The repair of Islamic illuminated manuscript leaves and the conservation of palm-leaf manuscripts.
  • papyrus: We know that the papyrus manuscripts are safe where they are, protected by the volcanic material which covers them.
  • Sanskrit: Corpus Christi College For deposited Islamic and Sanskrit manuscripts, see the Oriental manuscripts page.
  • renaissance: In several areas, such as medieval and renaissance manuscripts, and emblem literature, holdings are of world importance.