as in handwritings
writing done by hand
beautiful, careful manuscript on the school's diplomas
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Recent Examples of manuscripts
One of the oldest manuscripts to tell the tale of King Arthur is heading to auction.
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Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026
Italy's culture ministry was trying to then find the missing manuscripts, and bought the copy from Kraus in 1972.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
Books were produced collaboratively; writers sent off handwritten manuscripts to printers, who transposed them onto a printing press before setting them to paper.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
The writers who finish their manuscripts.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Nearby were manuscripts of nine symphonies that Mozart wrote within two years, in his late teens.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Italy’s Culture Ministry was scouring the world for the Nonantola abbey’s missing manuscripts, snapping them up in auctions and from collectors around the world.
—Andrea Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Born around 1640, Bembo and her opera remained obscure for centuries, due to the vagaries of her music manuscripts and the historical neglect of women composers.
—Claire Fontijn, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
In the 17th century, as the abbey's importance declined, its vast collection of manuscripts was shifted to another abbey in Rome, then moved to the Vatican and finally on to a small church.
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026
Italy's culture ministry was trying to then find the missing manuscripts, and bought the copy from Kraus in 1972.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
Books were produced collaboratively; writers sent off handwritten manuscripts to printers, who transposed them onto a printing press before setting them to paper.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
The writers who finish their manuscripts.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Nearby were manuscripts of nine symphonies that Mozart wrote within two years, in his late teens.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Italy’s Culture Ministry was scouring the world for the Nonantola abbey’s missing manuscripts, snapping them up in auctions and from collectors around the world.
—Andrea Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Born around 1640, Bembo and her opera remained obscure for centuries, due to the vagaries of her music manuscripts and the historical neglect of women composers.
—Claire Fontijn, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
In the 17th century, as the abbey's importance declined, its vast collection of manuscripts was shifted to another abbey in Rome, then moved to the Vatican and finally on to a small church.
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
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“Manuscripts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manuscripts. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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