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Manuscripts the art or science of analyzing handwriting, especially that of manuscripts, with the purpose of establishing their authorship or authenticity. — bibliotist, n. — bibliotic, adj. the study of early manuscripts. — codicologist, n. — codicologic, codicological, adj. the critical study of original historical documents, as registers, treaties, and charters, especially from medieval periods. a manuscript or other document written completely in the hand of the person above whose name it appears. — holograph, holographic, adj. 1. the art of decorating manuscripts with illustrations, as in the capitals, tracery, etc. 2. the decoration itself. a parchment from which earlier writing has been partially or completely removed by scraping so that it may be used again. — palimpsestic, adj. the study of papyrus manuscripts. — papyrologist, n. — papyrological, adj. a room in a monastery for the writing or copying of manuscripts. the art and practice of the scrivener or copyist. — scrivener, n. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The worst of it was that I was actually typing my manuscripts at the same time I was trying to master that machine. But he's written a wonderful story, telling how he happened to come across the ancient manuscripts in the tomb of some old Indian whose mummy he unearthed on a trip to Central America. But from whatever cause, the tendency hardened into a ruling convention; thousands upon thousands of medieval manuscripts seem to declare that the world is a mirage of shadowy forms, or that it exists merely to body forth remote and highly surprising ideas. |
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