manuscriptaladj.
/ˌmanjᵿˈskrɪptl/, U.S. /ˌmænjəˈskrɪptəl/ Now rare.
Of or relating to a manuscript or manuscripts; found in or occurring as a manuscript.
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society > communication > writing > written text > [adjective]
textual?a1500
textuary1646
manuscriptal1694
manuscriptural1828
society > communication > book > kind of book > manuscript book > [adjective]
manuscriptal1694
manuscriptural1828
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 165 Ptolomy Philadelphus..hearing how Attalus King of Pergamus, by the benefit of this Ægyptian Paper, strived to excel him in Manuscriptal Magnificence, prohibited the carrying of it out of Ægypt.
a1763 J. Byrom Crit. Remains, Epist. to Friend 43 Having but one of all the Roman Lyrics To feed their Taste for slavish Panegyrics, The more absurd the Manuscriptal Letter, They paint, from thence, some fancy'd Beauty better.
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. i. 4 The representation of a Saxon chieftain,..taken from a manuscriptal painting.
1850 Southern Q. Rev. Sept. 162 He would have to draw from the cognate sources of general and legislative, literary, manuscriptal, and antiquarian history.
1985 Stud. Eng. Lit.: Eng. Number (Tokyo) 100 Derek Pearsall, ‘The Gower Tradition’, begins..with considerations of textual and manuscriptal problems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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