manuscript
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Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered an early 9th century manuscript in Rome containing one of the oldest surviving versions of the earliest known poem written in English.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
Scholars date the manuscript to between 800 and 830, making it the third oldest surviving copy of the poem ever identified.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
These minute works are packed with detail: Their flickering candles, flitting moths and glowering skulls appear as if they’ve been excavated from some illuminated manuscript belonging to a long-vanished medieval sect.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
When she finished “Every Summer After,” the manuscript sparked a bidding war between publishers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The proofreader ran her finger from edit mark to edit mark across the manuscript pages and then checked the other stack to make sure all the edits had been made in the almost-a-book version.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Vocabulary lists containing manuscript
The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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The Renaissance and Early Modern European History - Introductory
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Body Language: Man ("Hand")
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