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 |
|---|---|
| Jami al-Tawarikh manuscripts | illuminated manuscript |
| Shahnameh of Shah Ismail II | illuminated manuscript |
| Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection | illuminated manuscript |
| Codex Amiatinus | illuminated manuscript |
| 𝔓75 | New Testament papyrus manuscript |
| Bodmer Papyrus XIV–XV | biblical papyrus |
| P46 | New Testament papyrus manuscript |
| P. Chester Beatty II | New Testament papyrus manuscript |
| Michigan Papyrus 6238 | papyrus manuscript |
| Gregory–Aland 𝔓46 | New Testament papyrus manuscript |
| Bodmer Papyri | papyri collection |
| Chester Beatty Papyri | Old Testament manuscript |
| Silver Bible | illuminated manuscript |
| ε 201 | Greek biblical manuscript |
| Book of Durrow | illuminated manuscript |
| Book of Armagh | illuminated manuscript |
| Ugaritic texts | ancient texts |
| Book of Leinster | codex |
| Papyrus Anastasi IV | ancient Egyptian papyrus |
| Berlin Papyrus 3022 | ancient Egyptian manuscript |
| Papyrus R (British Museum 10499) | ancient Egyptian manuscript |
| Papyrus Butler | ancient Egyptian manuscript |
| Papyrus Berlin 3023 | ancient Egyptian manuscript |
| 𝔓66 | New Testament papyrus manuscript |
| Nero D IV | codex |
| Ilkhanid Qur’ans | Islamic manuscript |
| Turin Papyrus of Kings | ancient Egyptian papyrus |
| Timurid Qur’ans | Islamic manuscript |
| Arundel MS 263 | codex |
| Codex Calixtinus | illuminated manuscript |
| Codex Mendoza | Mesoamerican codex |
| Codex Boturini | pictorial manuscript |
|
The Wilbour Papyrus
surface form:
Wilbour Papyrus
|
ancient Egyptian papyrus |
| Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales | illuminated manuscript |
| Codex 150, Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes | codex |