Manuscript vs. Codex

Manuscriptadjective

handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

Codexnoun

An early manuscript book.

Manuscriptnoun

A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

Codexnoun

A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.

Manuscriptnoun

A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

Codexnoun

An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.

Manuscriptadjective

Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

Codexnoun

A book; a manuscript.

Manuscriptnoun

An original literary or musical composition written by the author, formerly with the hand, now usually by typewriter or word processor. It is contrasted with a printed copy.

Codexnoun

A collection or digest of laws; a code.

Manuscriptnoun

Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.

Codexnoun

An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.

Manuscriptnoun

the form of a literary work submitted for publication

Codexnoun

A collection of canons.

Manuscriptnoun

handwritten book or document

Codexnoun

an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.

Manuscriptnoun

a book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed

‘early Gothic manuscripts’; ‘an illuminated manuscript’;

Codexnoun

an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)

Manuscriptnoun

an author's handwritten or typed text that has not yet been published

‘her autobiography remained in manuscript’; ‘several manuscripts in his own hand’;

Codex

The codex (plural codices () was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials.

Manuscript

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. 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.