Manuscript Quiz

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Atelier

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An artists studio, where manuscripts are prepared

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Autograph

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A manuscript written in some part by the original author

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Binding

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The process of putting groupings of leaves together. Usually done by sewing and wrapped in wood or leather.

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Codex

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An early book that replaced the scroll. It was usually made of parchment or some type of animal skin. Was favored by religious institutions because it allowed random access to its contents, as opposed to sequential.

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Folio/foliation

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The total number of leaves, whether numbered or unnumbered, contained in a book or manuscript.

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Gathering aka quire

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Folded sheets of parchment or vellum. Used to make a book by folding the sheets within each other.

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"hands"

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Workers employed to help with the manuscript process.

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Holograph

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A manuscript written entirely by the author.

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Illumination

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The addition of artistic accents to manuscripts. Usually done independently by illuminators. Very expensive manuscripts can be very elaborate and were often very well preserved.

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Initials

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Ornamentation of words and letters.

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Historiated initials

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Am enlarged letter at the beginning of a paragraph or other section of text, which contains a picture.

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Manuscript

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Created by hand as opposed to a printing press. Always a unique work, usually made as a custom order, no for the general masses.

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Margins/marginalia

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The outline in which the text was laid out in a manuscript.

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Notation (music)

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Was often very different depending on the scribe. Notation also evolved into neumes after chant notation became too cumbersome to work with.

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Octavo

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A volume measuring measuring 1/8 the size of a full sheet of writing material, in which the quires ate usually produced by folding a sheet in half, half again, and in half once more. Our may be abbreviated 8vo

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Pagination

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The process of building sections of a texts or manuscript. Numbering leaves depending on recto(front of sheet) or verso(back of leaves)

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Paleography

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The study of ancient writings and scripts. Began as a result of the humanist movement at flourished in the 17th century.

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Parchment

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Animal skin prepared to receive writing. Soaked in line water, stretched out, and smoothed or with a lunar knife. Replaced the user of papyrus.

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Provenance

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The history of a books' ownership. Usually indicated by emblems, markings, annotations, and the like. Our is also identified through the use of catalogues and correspondences.

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Quarto

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A medium size volume, one quarter the area of a full sheet of writing material. Made by folding two sheets in half, and then in half again.

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Quill

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A writing utensil made from a flight feather. It is made by soaking the feather in water and then hardening it in hot sand. It was used in conjunction with a knife, which corrected errors in writing and kept the pen sharp.

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Rastrum

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A five pointed writing implement used in music manuscripts to draw parallel staff lines when drawn horizontally across a black piece of sheet music.

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Recto/verso

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The front/the back of a folio.

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Scribe

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A person engaged in the physical writing of books or documents. At first usually associated with religious organizations, but after the rise of universities in 1200 many scribes began to work independently.

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Script

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The world used in manuscripts. Differed depending on the type of document or scribe.

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Scriptorium

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A writing room. Generally in a church or monastery.

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Siglum

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A sign abbreviation, letter, or character standing for words in ancient manuscripts or coins and medals.

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Stemma

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The reconstruction of a family tree of a certain book. Designed to show relationships between manuscripts

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Unicum

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A sole existing work.

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Vellum

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Writing material made from the skin of a young animal.

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Watermark

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The traces left in paper by the user of designs in the moulds or belts. Identified origin, age, and location of its existence.