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- Manuscripts are written record of information.
- It is written on paper, bark, cloth, metal and palm leaf.
- The word manuscript evolved from the Latin manu scriptus.
- The word ”Manu” means “hand” and scriptus means “to write.”
- It refers to old documents actually written by hand before books were made.
- Most manuscripts date back to seventy-five years.
- They have significant scientific, historical or aesthetic value.
- They are endangered and some are still preserved in museums and temples.
- Lithographs and printed volumes are not manuscripts.
- The most common manuscripts are bibles, religious commentaries, philosophy etc.
