manuscript

document written by hand or typed before the era of print, including literary, historical, religious, and scientific texts; distinguished from printed works by its unique, handcrafted nature
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manuscript

Summary

manuscript is a Q25499317[1]. manuscript ranks in the top 8% of type_of_document entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • manuscript's instance of is recorded as Q25499317[3].
  • manuscript's instance of is recorded as form of creative work[4].
  • manuscript is a type of item of collection or exhibition[5].
  • manuscript is a type of document[6].
  • manuscript is a type of version, edition or translation[7].
  • manuscript is a type of two-dimensional visual artwork[8].
  • manuscript is a type of text[9].
  • manuscript is a type of scientific work[10].
  • manuscript's Commons category is recorded as Manuscripts[11].
  • manuscript is the opposite of printed book[12].
  • manuscript comprises manuscript miniature[13].
  • manuscript comprises flowers[14].
  • manuscript comprises writing system[15].
  • manuscript comprises probatio pennae[16].
  • manuscript's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Manuscripts[17].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[18].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[25].
  • manuscript's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[26].
  • manuscript's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox manuscript[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include Q25499317[3] and form of creative work[4]. Recorded subclass of include item of collection or exhibition[5], document[6], version, edition or translation[7], two-dimensional visual artwork[8], text[9], and scientific work[10]. manuscript is the opposite of printed book[12].

Use and Application

Components include manuscript miniature[13]; flowers[14]; writing system[15], a type of system[28]; and probatio pennae[16].

Why It Matters

manuscript ranks in the top 8% of type_of_document entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[2] manuscript has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] manuscript is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q25499317, form of creative work
    Wikidata description → document written by hand or typed before the era of print, including literary, h
    Sitelink count → 90
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q25499317]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q107478770]] → [[Q25499317]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q107478770_Q25"
  2. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 10383
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 10383, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167481881|MANUSCRIPTS (#167481881)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  3. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → manuscripts
    Wikidata description → document written by hand or typed before the era of print, including literary, h
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: manuscripts, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944761|manuscripts (#289944761)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  4. 11w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → document written by hand or typed before the era of print, including literary, h
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P459]]: [[Q1266546]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
  5. 15w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002697-rukopisy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0002697-rukopisy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  7. 18w ago · Michel Bakni · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → item of collection or exhibition, document, version, edition or translation +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q11826511]]"
  8. 19w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox manuscript
    Local thumb → —
    Opposite of → printed book
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +6
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q150 (fra)-Madehub-manuscrit.wav, Moving to [[Lexeme:L25996#F1]]"
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