id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8692 Manuscript - Wikipedia .html text/html 5481 685 65 A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document that is written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten — as opposed to being mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.[1] More recently, the term has come to be understood to further include any written, typed, or word-processed copy of an author's work, as distinguished from its rendition as a printed version of the same.[2] Before the arrival of printing, all documents and books were manuscripts. Historically, manuscripts were produced in form of scrolls (volumen in Latin) or books (codex, plural codices). It has gold Kufic script, on parchment dyed blue with indigo.[13] Many Qur'an manuscripts are divided into 30 equal sections (juz) to be able to be read over the course of 30 days.[14] The Chinese practice of writing on paper, presented to the Islamic world around the 8th century, enabled Qur'ans to be begin to be written on paper. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8692.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8692.txt