MANUSCRIPT
ADJECTIVES
1852 ► PALIMPSEST of a manuscript: written over again; of which the original writing has been erased and superseded by a later
NOUNS
1534 ► HANDWRITING that which is written by hand; manuscript; a piece of written matter; a written document or note → obs. or arch.
1623 ► OPISTHOGRAPH in Greek and Roman antiquity: a manuscript written on the back as well as the front of the papyrus or parchment; also, a slab inscribed on both sides
1825 ► PALIMPSEST a parchment or other writing material written upon twice, the original writing having been erased or rubbed out to make place for the second; a manuscript in which a later writing is written over an effaced earlier writing
NOUNS, PERSON
1661 ► ILLUMINER an illuminator of manuscripts, etc. → obs.
1698 ► MANUSCRIPTOR the writer of a manuscript → obs.
1720 ► MANUENSIS an amanuensis; a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts
1826 ► ILLUMINIST a professional illuminator of manuscripts, etc.
1845 ► ILLUMINATIST an illuminator of manuscripts
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