scriptorial

Examples

• All

• The museum showcased a collection of scriptorial artifacts that highlighted the evolution of handwritten texts.

• The ancient manuscript displayed many scriptorial features that revealed the writing style of its time.

• Scriptorial conventions are reviewed.

  Academic text (2001)

• If the primary scribal rule is to copy faithfully, we immediately encounter a number of problems arising from the remarkable diversity of scripts and scriptorial conventions.

  Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

H

handwritten

vsscriptorial

18 2.8

Made by using a pen instead of typing or printing

is a broader adjective for writing or written documents generally

S

scribal

vsscriptorial

• Formal

1 8.5

Relating to people who copy books or papers by hand

applies more generally to writing or written documents beyond copyists' work

C

chirographic

vsscriptorial

9.9

Relating to writing done by hand

is a general adjective for writing, often highlighting hand production

S

to scrivened

vsscriptorial

• Archaic

9.9

Written by hand, usually as a copy of another text

is the wider adjective for writing and written documents not only copies

L

longhand

vsscriptorial

4.1

Written by hand in regular letters rather than in shorthand or by typing

covers writing and written documents more generally, not a specific style

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology