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man·u·script M0093300 (măn′yə-skrĭpt′)n.1. A handwritten book, poem, or other document, or a collection of such handwritten documents bound together: The contents of the manuscript include a romance and a saint's life.2. A version of a book, article, or other work before being published or prepared for publication: The author submitted the manuscript as a text file.3. Handwriting, especially in contrast to print: Her last poems were left in manuscript.
[From Medieval Latin manūscrīptum, from neuter of manūscrīptus, handwritten : Latin manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man- in Indo-European roots + Latin scrīptus, past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]manuscript (ˈmænjʊˌskrɪpt) n1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a book or other document written by hand2. (Journalism & Publishing) the original handwritten or typed version of a book, article, etc, as submitted by an author for publication3. a. handwriting, as opposed to printingb. (as modifier): a manuscript document. [C16: from Medieval Latin manūscriptus, from Latin manus hand + scribere to write]man•u•script (ˈmæn yəˌskrɪpt)
n. 1. a written, typewritten, or computer-produced text before being set in type. 2. writing as distinguished from print. adj. 3. written by hand or using a typewriter or word processor: manuscript documents. [1590–1600; < Medieval Latin manūscrīptus written by hand = Latin manū, abl. of manus hand + scrīptus written; see script] manuscript- acephalous - A manuscript lacking a beginning could be called acephalous.
- autograph - Comes from Greek, then Latin autographum, meaning "self-written"; it originally meant "author's own manuscript."
- manuscript - Originally an adjective meaning "written by hand"; manuscript can refer to a handwritten piece of music.
- palimpsest - Can describe a manuscript or writing surface that has been reused, erased, or altered while retaining traces of its earlier form—and, by extension, an object, place, or area that reflects its history.
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  manuscript - the form of a literary work submitted for publicationmspiece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" | | 2. |  manuscript - handwritten book or document holographautograph - something written by one's own handleaf-book, codex - an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)palimpsest - a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visiblescroll, roll - a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) |
Translationsmanuscript (ˈmӕnjuskript) noun1. the handwritten or typed material for a book etc, usually prepared for printing. The publishers have lost the manuscript of my book. 手稿，底稿 手稿2. a book or document written by hand. a collection of manuscripts and printed books. 手抄本 手写本manuscript
manuscript, a handwritten work as distinguished from printing. The oldest manuscripts, those found in Egyptian tombs, were written on papyruspapyrus
, a sedge (Cyperus papyrus), now almost extinct in Egypt but so universally used there in antiquity as to be the hieroglyphic symbol for Lower Egypt and a common motif in art. The roots were used as fuel; the pith was eaten.
..... Click the link for more information. ; the earliest dates from c.3500 B.C. parchmentparchment,
untanned skins of animals, especially of the sheep, calf, and goat, prepared for use as a writing material. The name is a corruption of Pergamum, the ancient city of Asia Minor where preparation of parchment suitable for use on both sides was achieved in the 2d cent.
..... Click the link for more information. , which succeeded papyrus as a writing material, was much more durable; most extant ancient manuscripts are of parchment. Both sides were used and palimpsests, which were erased and reused pages, were common. The discovery of the Dead Sea ScrollsDead Sea Scrolls,
ancient leather and papyrus scrolls first discovered in 1947 in caves on the NW shore of the Dead Sea. Most of the documents were written or copied between the 1st cent. B.C. and the first half of the 1st cent. A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. in the mid-20th cent. added immeasurably to the world's treasury of ancient manuscripts. In the ancient world the making and distribution of extra copies of manuscripts was widely practiced. There is some evidence of such treatment of manuscripts in Athens in the 5th cent. B.C., and the great libraries of the Hellenistic world encouraged the making of manuscript copies. The manuscripts of the Middle Ages were often beautifully illustrated in colors (see illuminationillumination,
in art, decoration of manuscripts and books with colored, gilded pictures, often referred to as miniatures (see miniature painting); historiated and decorated initials; and ornamental border designs.
..... Click the link for more information. , in art) on vellum, a fine variety of parchment. Initial letters of first lines and titles were often highly decorated. Although paperpaper,
thin, flat sheet or tissue made usually from plant fiber but also from rags and other fibrous materials. It is used principally for printing and writing on but has many other applications. The term also includes various types of paperboard, such as cardboard and wallboard.
..... Click the link for more information. was invented in China in the 2d cent. A.D., it was not known in Europe until the 11th cent. Paper bases included silk, cotton, and linen, all used before the advent of printing. Medieval pens were made of quills and inkink,
pigmented fluid used for writing and drawing, or a viscous compound used for printing, both of various colors but most frequently black. The oldest known variety, India ink or China ink, is still used in China and Japan for writing with small brushes instead of pens.
..... Click the link for more information. , most commonly black, of various carbon-containing substances. The study of ancient and medieval manuscripts and handwriting is a highly developed and complex discipline (see paleographypaleography
[Gr.,=early writing], term generally meaning all study and interpretation of old ways of recording language. In a narrower sense, it excludes epigraphy (the study of inscriptions) and includes only the writing that is done on such materials as wax, papyrus,
..... Click the link for more information. ). After the European invention of printing in the 15th cent., hand-copied manuscripts soon came to be valued by collectors of fine books. Among the important manuscript collections in the United States are those in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.; and in the New York Public Library and Morgan Library in New York City. There are numerous superb European collections, notably those at the Vatican in Rome, the British Museum in London, and the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. Also known as manuscripts are modern authors' typescripts (or computer printouts) made for publishers and printers. The term includes as well the private and public papers, typed or handwritten, left by public figures for the use of historians and scholars. The Library of Congress holds a very large deposit of manuscripts of this type, including the papers of most U.S. Presidents. Other important collections of this sort are in the New York Public Library and the Massachusetts Historical Society. See bookbook.
The word book has come to have many meanings, e.g., any collection of sheets of paper, wood, or other material sewn or bound together; a division of a written work (books of the Bible, books of Caesar's Gallic War
..... Click the link for more information. . Bibliography See L. Deuel, Testaments of Time (1965); G. S. Hunter, An Introduction to Archives and Manuscripts (1990). Manuscript (1) A handwritten work preserved from the past. Ancient manuscripts are important historical sources, studied by paleographers. (2) In the most general meaning, a text written by hand or typed. (3) In publishing, an author’s text as presented to the publisher. manuscript a book or other document written by hand
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manuscript A document, in particular a rough draft of a paper/document, intended for publication in a journal, book, or other printed or electronic form.manuscript Journalism A document, in particular, a rough draft of a paper/document intended for publication in a journal, book, other printed, or electronic form. See Authorship Cf Peer review. manuscript (man′yŭ-skript″) [L. manuscriptus, written by hand] A handwritten or typed document, used, for example, to inform students or health care workers or to report research findings.Manuscript
MANUSCRIPT. A writing; a writing which has never been printed.
2. The act of congress securing to authors a copyright passed February 3, 1831, sect. 9, protects authors in their manuscripts, and renders any person who shall unlawfully publish a manuscript liable to an action, and authorizes the courts to enjoin the publisher. See Copyright. The right of the author, to his manuscripts, at common law, cannot be contested. 4 Burr. 2396; 2 Eden, Ch. R. 329; 2 Story, R. 100; 2 Atk. 342; Ambl. 694; 2 B. & A. 290; 2 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 943; Eden, Inj. 322; 2 B. & A. 298; 2 Bro. P. C. (Toml. ed.) 138; 4 Vin. Ab. 278; 2 Atk. 342; 2 Ves. & B. 23. These rights will be considered as abandoned if the author publishes his manuscripts, without securing the copyright under the acts of congress. See Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Copyright. EncyclopediaSeem/smanuscript
Synonyms for manuscriptnoun the form of a literary work submitted for publicationSynonymsRelated Words- piece of writing
- written material
- writing
noun handwritten book or documentSynonymsRelated Words- autograph
- leaf-book
- codex
- palimpsest
- scroll
- roll
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