Manuscript culture — The transition of communication technology: Oral Culture, Manuscript Culture, Print Culture, and Information Age[dubious – discuss] Manuscript culture uses manuscripts to store and disseminate information; in the West, it generally preceded the… … Wikipedia
Manuscript Society — An inverted/negative portrait of the Manuscript Tomb with its hidden insignia exposed. Manuscript Society is a senior secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Toward the end of each junior year, 16 undergraduates are tapped to … Wikipedia
Manuscript — Christ Pantocrator seated in a capital U in an illuminated manuscript from the BadischeLandesbibliothek, Germany … Wikipedia
Chu Silk Manuscript — The Chu Silk Manuscript (simplified Chinese: 楚帛书; traditional Chinese: 楚帛書; pinyin: Chǔ Bóshū; Wade–Giles: Ch u Po shu), also known as the Chu Silk Manuscript from Zidanku in Changsha (simplified Chinese: 长沙子弹库楚帛书; traditional Chinese: 長沙子彈庫楚帛書;… … Wikipedia
Miniature (illuminated manuscript) — Miniature of the Trojan Horse, from the Vergilius Romanus, a manuscript of Virgil s Aeneid, early 5th century. The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple… … Wikipedia
Biblical manuscript — A biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia (books); manuscript comes from Latin manu (hand) and scriptum (written). The original manuscript (the original… … Wikipedia
Voynich manuscript — The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book written in an indecipherable text. It is thought to have been written between 1450 and 1520. The author, script and language of the manuscript remain unknown.Over its recorded existence, the … Wikipedia
Göttingen manuscript — The Göttingen manuscript is the earliest known work devoted entirely to modern chess. It is a Latin text of 33 leaves held at the University of Göttingen. A quarto parchment manuscript of 33 leaves, ff. 1–15a are a discussion of twelve chess… … Wikipedia
Old Hall Manuscript — Folio 12v of the Old Hall Manuscript contains the decorated opening to a Gloria by Roy Henry (probably King Henry V). The Old Hall Manuscript (British Library, Additional MS 57950) is the largest, most complete, and most significant source of… … Wikipedia
Hengwrt manuscript — The Hengwrt manuscript (National Library of Wales Ms. Peniarth 392 D) is the earliest surviving manuscript of Geoffrey CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES, and is therefore of prime significance in helping scholars establish Chaucer’s intent for his… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
