Question
Download Solution PDFThe word Manuscripts derived from which of the following language?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Latin.
Key Points
- The word manuscript is derived from the medieval Latin usage ‘manu’ meaning ‘by hand’ and ‘scribere’ means ‘to write’. Thus, any book or document written by hand is called a manuscript.
- Manuscripts are sources of human history available in various kinds of media like stones,
clay tablets, palm leaves, metal leaves, bark, animal skin, cloth, paper, etc - Most of the manuscripts were written in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Tamil language.
Additional Information
- Manuscripts were written on varied subjects such as religious beliefs and practices, the lives of kings, medicine, and science. Besides, there were epics, poems, musical dance dramas and plays.
- India possesses an estimated five million manuscripts, probably the largest collection in the world.
- The Spitzer Manuscripts are the oldest surviving philosophical manuscripts in Sanskrit.
- The oldest manuscripts in the world are in the Pseudo-Apulelus Herbarium, dating back to the 6-7th century.
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