as in handwritings
writing done by hand
beautiful, careful manuscript on the school's diplomas
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The artifact, believed to be made of either rock crystal or glass, was used to help scholars magnify the words of medieval manuscripts.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Nearly every duke and earl and baron in England was competing to build great rare book collections, and lots and lots of fake manuscripts emerged.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
In his book, Allen cites several historical and scientific manuscripts from the 1800s that indicate flamboyances of hundreds to thousands were seen in the Everglades, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
In the time of his grandson, John Cotton, a printed catalogue of the manuscripts in the collection was published.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
In the case of romance, professional associations such as Romance Writers of America, founded in 1980, brought writers with unsold manuscripts into contact with titans of the genre.
—Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
The Klau Library holds more than 3,500 manuscripts and thousands of rare books and ancient texts.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Nearly every duke and earl and baron in England was competing to build great rare book collections, and lots and lots of fake manuscripts emerged.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
In his book, Allen cites several historical and scientific manuscripts from the 1800s that indicate flamboyances of hundreds to thousands were seen in the Everglades, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
In the time of his grandson, John Cotton, a printed catalogue of the manuscripts in the collection was published.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
In the case of romance, professional associations such as Romance Writers of America, founded in 1980, brought writers with unsold manuscripts into contact with titans of the genre.
—Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
The Klau Library holds more than 3,500 manuscripts and thousands of rare books and ancient texts.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
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