Question

What is manuscript ? Write any three shortcomings of manuscript

Answer 1

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. Manuscripts are not defined by their contents, which may combine writing with mathematical calculations, maps, explanatory figures or illustrations. Manuscripts may be in book form, scrolls or in codex format. Illuminated manuscripts are enriched with pictures, border decorations, elaborately embossed initial letters or full-page illustrations.

Answer 2

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Manuscripts were highly expensive and fragile and could not be carried around easily. They could not read easily as script was written in different styles. Production of handwritten manuscriptscould not satisfy the ever increasing demand for books. Copying was an expensive, laborious and time-consuming business.