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 |
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Class: ancient manuscripts
Generated description
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.
Instances (135)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Codex Regius | codex |
| Turin Erotic Papyrus | ancient Egyptian papyrus |
| Cairo Geniza fragments | Jewish manuscripts |
| Ethiopic manuscripts | handwritten document |
| Blue Koran fragments | Islamic manuscript |
| Tira de la Peregrinación | pictorial manuscript |
| Codex Aubin | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Azcatitlan | Mesoamerican codex |
| Herculaneum papyri fragments | ancient manuscript fragments |
| Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours | illuminated manuscript |
| Codex 150 | codex |
| Codex Borgia | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Borbonicus | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Leningradensis | Hebrew Bible manuscript |
| Leningradensis | Hebrew Bible manuscript |
| Lienzo de Quauhquechollan | pictorial manuscript |
| British Library MS Royal 1 D V–VIII | Greek biblical manuscript |
| Lindisfarne Gospels | illuminated manuscript |
| Codex Chimalpahin | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Xolotl | Mesoamerican codex |
| Harris Papyrus | ancient Egyptian papyrus |
| Judicial Papyrus of Turin | ancient Egyptian papyrus |
| Cotton MS Vitellius A XV | codex |
| Old English Hexateuch | illuminated manuscript |
| Benedictional of St Æthelwold | illuminated manuscript |
| Oxyrhynchus Papyri | papyri collection |
|
Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)
surface form:
Beowulf Manuscript
|
codex |
| Book of Deer | illuminated manuscript |
| Atlantic Codex | codex |
| Codex Hammer | codex |
| P. Berlin 3033 | ancient Egyptian manuscript |
|
Henry Westcar
surface form:
Westcar Papyrus
|
ancient Egyptian manuscript |
| Gospels of St Augustine | illuminated manuscript |
| Pyramid Texts | ancient Egyptian religious text corpus |
| New Testament manuscripts | — |
| Grolier Codex | pre-Columbian manuscript |
| Codex Vindobonensis | Mesoamerican codex |
| Madrid Codex | pre-Columbian manuscript |
| Book of Columba | illuminated manuscript |
| Paris Codex | pre-Columbian manuscript |
|
Grolier Codex (Maya Codex of Mexico)
surface form:
Grolier Codex
|
pre-Columbian manuscript |
| Aztec codices | Mesoamerican manuscript |
| Codex Telleriano-Remensis | Mesoamerican manuscript |
| Codex Chimalpopoca | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Florentine | Mesoamerican codex |
| Dresden Codex | pre-Columbian manuscript |
| Codex Ramírez | Mesoamerican codex |
| MS. Mex. d. 1 | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Colombino | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Bezae | 5th-century manuscript |