A manuscript is a handwritten composition on paper, bark, cloth, metal, palm leaf or any other material dating back at least seventy-five years that has significant scientific, historical or aesthetic value. Manuscripts are found in hundreds of different languages and scripts.

Manuscripts provide evidence of human activity, and as such, are generated naturally during the course of an individual's or an organization's life. Scholars often use these manuscripts, however, for purposes unrelated to the reasons the documents were created.

The term “manuscript” has its origins in the Latin term manuscriptus, which means “written by hand.”

Colophon, an inscription placed at the end of a book or manuscript and giving details of its publication.

The author manuscript is the version of a paper that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by a journal. This version should include all changes made during the peer review process, though it generally does not include copyediting and stylistic edits or formatting changes.

A script is a written version of a manuscripts Script comes from the Latin scrībĕre, meaning "to write," and all its meanings have to do with something written. Your handwriting is your script. The written version of what you're supposed to say.

Language, a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves.

Writing commentary means giving your opinion, interpretation, insight, analysis, explication, personal reaction, evaluation or reflection about a concrete detail in an essay. You are "commenting on" a point you have made. A commentary will help you write critically about a topic and will help you analyze this topic within a larger societal context.

A person who commentates on something. A commentator is to provide additional information, inside knowledge, and not surprisingly, commentary, about current events. ... Commentators must also be able to provide analysis on intricate and complex matters and when appropriate, offer advice.

An institution that collects handwritten historically valuable records of individuals, families, and organizations