Manuscript facts for kids
A manuscript is any document that is written by hand, not printed or made in some other way. The early history of writing is intimately connected with the history of writing materials, of which the manuscript is one. Early printing made use of many ideas which developed in the era of manuscripts.
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10th-century minuscule manuscript of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War
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First page of Satie's Sports et divertissements (published as a facsimile in 1923)
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The Isha Upanishad manuscript
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After plummeting in the Early Middle Ages, the high and late medieval period witnessed a sharp increase of manuscript production.
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The Pentecost, from an illuminated Catholic liturgical manuscript, c.1310–1320
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