book hand

  • 1book-hand — bookˈ hand noun (historical) One of the writing styles used to produce copies of books in manuscript before the invention of printing • • • Main Entry: ↑book …

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  • 2book hand — noun Any of several stylized handwriting scripts used during medieval times. It was intended for legibility and often used in transcribing official documents (prior to the development of printing and similar technologies.) See Also: documentary… …

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  • 3book hand — noun a formal style of handwriting used by professional copiers of books before the invention of printing …

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  • 4book hand — noun : the handwriting designed primarily for legibility and beauty and ordinarily used in officially transcribing manuscripts intended for preservation before printing became common compare minuscule, rustic capital, uncial * * * n. a formal… …

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  • 5hand|book — «HAND BUK», noun. 1. a small book of directions or reference, especially in some field of study; manual: »a handbook on birds. Abbr: hdbk. 2. a guidebook for tourists. 3. a small book for recording bets. 4. a place where bets are taken …

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  • 6book — book·a·ble; book; book·er; book·ery; book·e·te·ria; book·ie; book·ish; book·lear; book·less; book·let; book·lore; book·man; book·mo·bile; ca·book; chap·book; guide·book; hand·book·ing; land·book; non·book; book·a·te·ria; book·ish·ly;… …

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  • 7Hand-knitting — is a special case of knitting, in which the knitted fabric is produced by hand.Flat and circular knittingWeft knit fabrics can be divided into two types: those that have selvages (side edges) and those that are tubes, where the side edges have… …

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  • 8Book of Daniel —     Book of Daniel     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Daniel     In the Hebrew Bible, and in most recent Protestant (Protestantism) versions, the Book of Daniel is limited to its proto canonical portions. In the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and… …

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  • 9Book of Judges — (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges (not to be confused… …

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  • 10Book of Ruth —     Book of Ruth     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Ruth     One of the proto canonical writings of the Old Testament, which derives its name from the heroine of its exquisitely beautiful story.     I. CONTENTS     The incidents related in the …

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