Manuscripts Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Manuscripts Information and Meaning
See also BOOKS;LITERATURE;WRITING.
- bibliotics
- the art or science of analyzing handwriting, especially that of manuscripts, with the purpose of establishing their authorship or authenticity. —bibliotist, n. —bibliotic, adj.
- codicology
- the study of early manuscripts. —codicologist, n. —codicologic, codicological, adj.
- diplomatics
- the critical study of original historical documents, as registers, treaties, and charters, especially from medieval periods.
- holograph
- a manuscript or other document written completely in the hand of the person above whose name it appears. —holograph, holographic, adj.
- illumination
- 1. the art of decorating manuscripts with illustrations, as in the capitals, tracery, etc.
- 2. the decoration itself.
- palimpsest
- a parchment from which earlier writing has been partially or completely removed by scraping so that it may be used again. —palimpsestic, adj.
- papyrology
- the study of papyrus manuscripts. —papyrologist, n. —papyrological, adj.
- scriptorium
- a room in a monastery for the writing or copying of manuscripts.
- scrivenery
- the art and practice of the scrivener or copyist. —scrivener, n.