Which is handwritten, or by extension typewritten, as opposed to mechanical reproduction
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication
A handwritten or typed composition, rather than printed Includes groups of personal papers which have some unifying characteristic and individual documents which have some special importance
A handwritten or typed composition, rather than printed Some databases list manuscripts by the abbreviation "mss "
The handwritten copy of an author's work before it is printed; also includes groups of personal papers which have some unifying characteristic and individual documents which have some special importance
A manuscript is a handwritten or typed document, especially a writer's first version of a book before it is published. He had seen a manuscript of the book I am grateful to him for letting me read his early chapters in manuscript
From the Latin manu scriptus, meaning "written by hand " Both an adjective and a noun used to describe a method of production and its product: a book, letter, document, etc written by hand, usually on parchment, paper, or papyrus Use in distinction to CODEX to denote a component item making up part of a COMPOSITE MANUSCRIPT CODEX As a noun, not applied to writing as inscribed on clay, stone, etc , nor properly to items such as typescripts, mimeographs, or other mechanical or electronic means of substitution for handwriting