Manuscripts are often, but not always, given illustrations, often lavish.

This much we may confidently affirm, that though both the Missal and the Breviary have been subjected from time to time to various modifications, often, as might be expected, in a Roman direction, the changes are singularly few and unimportant, and the Ambrosian Rite of today is substantially the same as that represented in the early Manuscripts.

Manuscripts were often taken abroad, particularly to America.

Manuscripts often have inscriptions, not necessarily contemporary, as to who commissioned them, and which church or monastery they were given to, but few dates or names and locations of those producing them.

Manuscripts necessary for research were often in libraries inaccessible to people in other towns.

Manuscripts using all upper case letters are called majuscule, those using all lower case are called minuscule.

For example, in one of the famous illustrated Jain Manuscripts called the Devasanpada Kalpasutra ( 1501, Jamnagar ), there is depiction of the Samapada, the Tribhangi and the Chuaka.

For example, it is explicitly recommended in the " Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication " issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors ( previously called the Vancouver guidelines ):

Lamsa produced his own translation of the Bible in the form of The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts, which is commonly called the Lamsa Bible.

The Holy Bible from Ancient Eastern Manuscripts ( commonly called the Lamsa Bible ) was published by George M. Lamsa in 1933.

The foundational documents of the original Order of the Golden Dawn are known as the Cipher Manuscripts ; they were written in English using Trithemius cipher.

Manuscripts are not defined by their contents, which may combine writing with mathematical calculations, maps, explanatory figures or illustrations.

The Freising Manuscripts, dating from the 10th century A. D., most probably written in upper Carinthia ( state ) | Carinthia, are the oldest surviving documents in Slovene language.

Manuscripts are blind-judged ( with names deleted ), and are separated out in quarterfinal and semifinal award rounds by the Coordinating Judge ( currently K. D. Wentworth, previously Dave Wolverton during much of the 1990s, and originally Algis Budrys ).

About 1 / 4 of the zines in the collection are listed on Excelsior, the New York State Library's electronic catalog ; staff of the Manuscripts & Special Collection can help locate other items.

Manuscripts of the Samaritan Pentateuch are written in a different Hebrew script than is used in other Hebrew Pentateuchs.

Manuscripts containing this translation are notable for their bilingual or trilingual character ; the Arabic text is accompanied by the original Samaritan Hebrew in a parallel column and sometimes the Aramaic text of the Samaritan Targum in a third.

Manuscripts are among the most common items to survive from the Middle Ages ; many thousands survive.

Extensive personal and estate papers of the Dukes of Newcastle are held in the Portland ( Welbeck ) and Newcastle ( Clumber ) collections at the department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham.

Papers by and relating to Lady Antonia Fraser are also catalogued as part of the Harold Pinter Archive, which is part of its permanent collection of Additional Manuscripts.

Records of this are mentioned in the Harleian Manuscripts.

The Pnakotic Manuscripts are noteworthy for being the first of Lovecraft's fictional arcane books.

The Manuscripts survived into historical times, protected by a secretive cult known as the Pnakotic Brotherhood, and are thought to have been translated into Greek in a version known as the Pnakotica.

The original scrolls of the Pnakotic Manuscripts are believed to be lost ( nevertheless, a copy may still exist in the Temple of the Elder Ones in Ulthar ).

Many of his papers are in the collection of the New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division.

The Public Record Office ( PRO ) of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives ( the others are the Historical Manuscripts Commission, and the Office of Public Sector Information ).

There are also two triangular books in the Manly Palmer Hall Collection of Alchemical Manuscripts at the Getty Research Library which are attributed to Saint Germain.

The department of Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham holds a number of papers relating to the 3rd Duke: the 3rd Duke's personal and political papers ( Pw F ) are part of the Portland ( Welbeck ) Collection ; and the Portland ( London ) Collection ( Pl ) contains correspondence and official papers of the 3rd Duke, especially in series Pl C.

* Women's Action Coalition Records, 1991-1997 ( 8 linear feet ) are housed at the New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division.

Two further Manuscripts from Dee and Kelley's workings are important to Enochian magic:

* McGurk, P. Gospel Books and Early Latin Manuscripts, Variorum Collected Studies Series ( Aldershot, 1998 ), passim.

* McGurk, P. Gospel Books and Early Latin Manuscripts, Variorum Collected Studies ( Aldershot, 1998 ) pp. I 250 and 261, II165-6 and 173-4, XII 14 and XIV 45.

The score for West Side Story was orchestrated by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal following detailed instructions from Bernstein, who then wrote revisions on their manuscript ( the original, heavily annotated by Ramin, Kostal and Bernstein himself is in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at Columbia University ).

* The Philippine Islands: Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and their People, their History and Records of the Catholics Missions, as related in contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts.

* University Archives and Manuscripts, Special Collections and Rare Books, and Digital Projects

Also, until 1998, The Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books was located at 14, Store Street, off Tottenham Court Road, London.

* Bologna, Giulia, Illuminated Manuscripts: The Book before Gutenberg, New York: Crescent Books, 1995. pg.

The last complete catalogue of his stock was published in 1887-88 under the title General Catalogue of Old Books and Manuscripts, in seven volumes, increased with subsequent supplements to twelve.

* " A Woolf in sheikh's clothing ": Harvard's Modern Books and Manuscripts Blog

The museum has five departments: Antiquities ; Applied Arts ; Coins and Medals ; Manuscripts and Printed Books ; and Paintings, Drawings and Prints.

* Guide to the Terry Sanford Papers, 1926 – 1996, Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

* Khatib, Hisham ( 2003 ) Palestine and Egypt Under the Ottomans: Paintings, Books, Photographs, Maps and Manuscripts I. B. Tauris, ISBN 1-86064-888-6

Duff was responsible for the original library catalogue, compiled between 1893 and 1899: Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester ; ed.

* McNiven, Peter ( 2000 ) " An Illustrated Catalogue of ' A Scholars ' Paradise: a Centenary Exhibition of Notable Books and Manuscripts ' " in: Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester LXXXII, 2-3 ( summer & autumn 2000 ); pp. 85 – 254

* Books and Manuscripts

* Mackenzie Collection: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts and Other Articles by H. H. Wilson, 1828 at Google Books.

" Sir Robert Cotton late of Connington in the County of Huntingdon Baronett did at his own great Charge and Expense and by the Assistance of the most learned Antiquaries of his Time collect and purchase the most useful Manuscripts Written Books Papers Parchments and other Memorialls in most Languages of great Use and Service for the Knowledge and Preservation of our Constitution both in Church and State

Access to these documents is Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Manuscripts Division.

* Articles of Incorporation and assorted correspondence in folder " All-American Protectorate, Inc .," Box 3, Group Research Collection, Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, New York, NY.

The Law Library's special collection includes the Howard R. Berman Collection, Iroquois Books of Marilyn L. Haas, John Lord O ' Brian Papers, Law Library Archives, Law School Archives, Morris Cohen Rare Book Collection, Onondaga Nation Land Claims Records, Seneca Land Claims Records, Tibetan Legal Manuscripts, and Watergate Collection.

* " Archimedes in Bits: Ten Years of Work on the Archimedes Palimpsest " by Dr. William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

* Bologna, Giulia, Illuminated Manuscripts: The Book before Gutenberg, New York: Crescent Books 1988.

Her papers are now at the Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library in her beloved New York.

After completing his doctorate, Lings worked at the British Museum and later British Library, overseeing eastern manuscripts and other textual works, rising to the position of Keeper of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts 1970-73.