Manuscript

A manuscript is any text written by hand as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced using automated printing technologies. Texts that are mechanically printed and bound are called books.

Modern usage of the word manuscript has expanded to include the original, unpublished copy of an author's work, regardless of the technology (typewriter, word processor, etc.) used by the author to create the work.

Manuscripts may combine writing with mathematical calculations, maps, music notation, diagrams, or illustrations.