Definition of manuscript

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Manuscript (a.) A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy..

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Stichwort :: Stichometry (n.) Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted..
Paleograph :: Paleograph (n.) An ancient manuscript.
Black-letter :: Black-letter (a.) Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book..
Matter :: Matter (n.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing..
Codex :: Codex (n.) A book; a manuscript.
Manuscriptal :: Manuscriptal (a.) Manuscript.
Miniate :: Miniate (v. t.) To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript..
Copy :: Copy (n.) To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off..
Autograph :: Autograph (n.) That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
Illuminator :: Illuminator (n.) One whose occupation is to adorn books, especially manuscripts, with miniatures, borders, etc. See Illuminate, v. t., 3..
Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript..
Rider :: Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed..
Uncial :: Uncial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style..
Black Letter :: Black letter () The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type..
Original :: Original (n.) That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc..
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge..
Miniature :: Miniature (v.) Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a portrait..
Majuscule :: Majuscule (n.) A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae..
Inedited :: Inedited (a.) Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript..
Scriptorium :: Scriptorium (n.) In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing..
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