Talk:Manuscript

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Quality Cleanup
I have placed the "cleanup-rewrite" tag on the page since the article is very poorly written, especially lower down. It's actually quite shocking, considering how important and oft-referenced the topic doubtlessly is. Much of this reads like a very average undergraduate essay (read the section on "Bibles" if in doubt). Sentences that hint at the pedestrian origins of this article abound ("In "Introduction to Manuscript Studies", Clemens and Graham define pricking and ruling perfectly"). I suggest a heavy cleanup, if only to remove the unskillful use of language ("From ancient texts to medieval maps, anything written down for study would have been done with manuscripts.") —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.27.176.123 (talk) 11:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Purpose?
describe the purpose of the manuscript, "why should WE redesign instruction"?

Question
The easyist way to find original manuscripts is The European Library. This library portal gives integrated access to the combined resources of Europe's national libraries. What do you think - Should we refer to this portal? Fleurstigter 09:58, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

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MS or ms?
I am sure that "ms" is the standard abbreviation, as used by the British Library, but no-one seems to have challenged MS and MSS in the lead since they were added three years ago. See both the lead, and the section which refers to MS and MSS as "traditional" abbreviations and ms and mss as "also accepted". Any thoughts? I thought about being Pam  D  10:00, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * MSS is the plural. MS is very common, especially as part of a cataloguing "name"/shelfmark, when it is used (invariably I think) by the BL, like the majority of libraries. Their glossary seems a tad misleading as to their own practice, frankly. So I'd leave it, except to add the lc as an option. Johnbod (talk) 16:09, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Last sentence of intro
"A document should be at least 75 years old to be considered a manuscript." The source does not confirm this, and the claim seems silly on commonsense grounds. Macdonald-ross (talk) 12:48, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * removed - actually the ref does support it (first line), but this is a local definition for the purposes of that organization. Johnbod (talk) 15:13, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Edits and additions
I added an Islamic Manuscript history section with the subsections production history, Islamic scripts, and common genres of Islamic manuscripts (religious ad literature). I also added three images; Qur'anic Kufic script, Blue Qu'ran, and Book of the Fixed Stars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tul13791 (talk • contribs)
 * I tweaked the layout a bit – thanks for the added content! --Francis Schonken (talk) 18:24, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

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