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/mˈænjəskrˌɪpt/ Listen

noun

Manuscript n.

An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.

Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript. Note: The word is often abbreviated to MS., plural MSS.

adjective

Manuscript adj. Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

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Etymology of 'Manuscript'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Manuscript" Quotes from Famous Books

... contained a great library.[99] The chief librarian had a commission to buy all the books that he could find. Every book that entered Egypt was brought to the library; copyists transcribed the manuscript and a copy was rendered the owner to indemnify him. Thus they collected 400,000 volumes, an unheard-of number before the invention of printing. Until then the manuscripts of celebrated books were scarce, always in danger of being lost; now it was known where to find ...

— History Of Ancient Civilization • Charles Seignobos

... began to turn over some of the musical works which Mr. Gaskell had left on the table. His attention was especially attracted to an oblong book, bound in soiled vellum, with a coat of arms stamped in gilt upon the side. It was a manuscript copy of some early suites by Graziani for violin and harpsichord, and was apparently written at Naples in the year 1744, many years after the death of that composer. Though the ink was yellow and faded, the transcript had been accurately made, and could be read with tolerable ...

— The Lost Stradivarius • John Meade Falkner

... Irving invented he resided for some time at the Independent Columbian Hotel, and from this place he disappeared, leaving his bills unpaid. However, in the saddle bag which he didn't take from his room the landlord found the manuscript of the History of New York, and published it in order to secure pay ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 • Charles H. Sylvester

... Unfortunately the manuscript from which this tale is taken breaks off at this point, and we do not know how the Fairy Queen succeeded with her plans for the amorous education of the little Bruno. But the fragment, although tantalizing in the extreme, gives us some insight into the nature of the fairies who ...

— Legends & Romances of Brittany • Lewis Spence

... they insisted that I should go with them. It would give their friends such monstrous pleasure, and they should all be so immense happy, that go I must. But their rhetoric was vain. I was upon thorns; there were no hopes that the party would listen to my manuscript; and as I could not read it to others, I must go home and read ...

— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

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