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.
All labels observed (45)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| illuminated manuscript | 28 |
| codex | 22 |
| Mesoamerican codex | 17 |
| pictorial manuscript | 11 |
| pre-Columbian manuscript | 9 |
| New Testament papyrus manuscript | 7 |
| ancient Egyptian papyrus | 7 |
| Islamic manuscript | 6 |
| ancient Egyptian manuscript | 6 |
| Old Testament manuscript | 5 |
| Greek biblical manuscript | 4 |
| Mesoamerican manuscript | 4 |
| 5th-century manuscript | 3 |
| Hebrew Bible manuscript | 3 |
| Masoretic Text manuscript | 3 |
| ancient manuscript | 3 |
| papyrus manuscript | 3 |
| 4th-century manuscript | 2 |
| Mandaean priestly ritual text | 2 |
| Middle Kingdom manuscript | 2 |
| biblical papyrus | 2 |
| handwritten document | 2 |
| papyri collection | 2 |
| pictographic manuscript | 2 |
| Buddhist manuscript collection | 1 |
| Coptic literary corpus | 1 |
| Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript | 1 |
| Hebrew Bible manuscript fragments | 1 |
| Hebrew manuscript | 1 |
| Jewish manuscripts | 1 |
| Latin Bible manuscript | 1 |
| Latin literary manuscripts | 1 |
| Mandaean prayerbook | 1 |
| ancient Chinese manuscript | 1 |
| ancient Egyptian religious text corpus | 1 |
| ancient manuscript fragments | 1 |
| ancient manuscripts canonical | 1 |
| ancient texts | 1 |
| bamboo manuscripts | 1 |
| biblical manuscript fragments | 1 |
| carbonized papyri | 1 |
| classical manuscript | 1 |
| early Christian manuscripts | 1 |
| patristic manuscript | 1 |
| pre-Columbian Mesoamerican codex | 1 |
Instances (135)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| manuscripts of Vox Clamantis | Latin literary manuscripts |
| Florentine Codex | Mesoamerican codex |
| Lienzo de Tlaxcala | Mesoamerican manuscript |
|
Mandaean religious texts
surface form:
Qolasta
|
Mandaean prayerbook |
| Leningrad Codex | Hebrew Bible manuscript |
| Voynich manuscript | codex |
| Clm 14098 | codex |
| Nowell Codex | codex |
| Cotton Vitellius A XV | codex |
| Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts | Buddhist manuscript collection |
| Westcar Papyrus | ancient Egyptian papyrus |
| 11Q5 | Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript |
|
Book of Kells (traditionally linked to Iona)
surface form:
Book of Kells
|
illuminated manuscript |
| Maya codices | Mesoamerican manuscript |
| Hay copy | handwritten document |
| Codex Nuttall | pre-Columbian manuscript |
| Codex Bodley | pre-Columbian manuscript |
| Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I | pre-Columbian Mesoamerican codex |
| Blue Qurans | Islamic manuscript |
| Codex Selden | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Becker I | pre-Columbian manuscript |
|
Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey
surface form:
Codex Amiatinus
|
Latin Bible manuscript |
| Chu bamboo slips | bamboo manuscripts |
| Chu silk manuscripts | ancient Chinese manuscript |
| Codex Vaticanus | Old Testament manuscript |
| Papyrus 75 | New Testament papyrus manuscript |
| Papyrus 66 | New Testament papyrus manuscript |
| Papyrus 46 | biblical papyrus |
| Codex Sinaiticus | Old Testament manuscript |
| Codex Argenteus | illuminated manuscript |
| Codex Alexandrinus | Old Testament manuscript |
| Codex Ambrosianus | ancient manuscript |
| Qurʾan manuscript in Chester Beatty Library | Islamic manuscript |
|
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (partly)
surface form:
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
|
Greek biblical manuscript |
| Book of Kells | illuminated manuscript |
| Aleppo Codex fragments | biblical manuscript fragments |
| Shenoutean corpus | Coptic literary corpus |
| Cotton MS Nero D IV | illuminated manuscript |
| Mamluk Qur’ans | Islamic manuscript |
| Turin King List | papyrus manuscript |
| Codex Trivulzianus | codex |
| Cantigas de Santa Maria | illuminated manuscript |
| Turin Royal Canon | papyrus manuscript |
| Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis | ancient manuscript |
| Cambridge University Library MS Nn.2.41 | codex |
| Eadwine Psalter | illuminated manuscript |
| Pray Codex | codex |
| Codex Egberti | illuminated manuscript |
| Pericopes of Henry II | illuminated manuscript |
| Uta Codex | illuminated manuscript |