Middle Ages as in Western

... As a rule, the manuscript is called

only a few survived.

From many manuscripts of Antiquity

number of surviving European

books in ancient times was papyrus

term manuscript (late lat.manuscriptum,

The most common form

which is carried out by the printing

By the end of the 15th century, 35

antiquities. These are the Egyptian papyri

multiplies (see also article

At the same time, many antique

elements (case, binding).

manuscripts held onto