ancient manuscripts
C2085
concept
Ancient manuscripts are original handwritten documents from past civilizations, typically preserved on materials like papyrus, parchment, or early paper, that provide primary evidence of historical, religious, literary, or scientific thought.
Observed surface forms (10)
- Old Testament manuscript ×3
- 4th-century manuscript ×2
- 5th-century manuscript ×2
- codex ×2
- illuminated manuscript ×2
- Mesoamerican codex ×1
- ancient Egyptian religious text corpus ×1
- ancient manuscript ×1
- handwritten document ×1
- pictorial manuscript ×1
Instances (13)
- Hay copy via concept surface "handwritten document"
- Codex Vaticanus via concept surface "Old Testament manuscript"
- Codex Sinaiticus via concept surface "Old Testament manuscript"
- Codex Alexandrinus via concept surface "Old Testament manuscript"
- Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis via concept surface "ancient manuscript"
- Lindisfarne Gospels via concept surface "illuminated manuscript"
- Pyramid Texts via concept surface "ancient Egyptian religious text corpus"
- New Testament manuscripts
- Codex Bezae via concept surface "5th-century manuscript"
- Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection via concept surface "illuminated manuscript"
- Codex Mendoza via concept surface "Mesoamerican codex"
- Codex Boturini via concept surface "pictorial manuscript"
- Codex 150, Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes via concept surface "codex"