Antiquarians' Checklist

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  1. rare
    especially good, remarkable, or superlative
  2. original
    preceding all others in time
  3. manuscript
    the form of a literary work submitted for publication
  4. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  5. gilded
    made from or covered with gold
  6. princely
    having the rank of or befitting a prince
  7. antiquarian
    of or relating to artifacts or objects from the past
  8. bibliophile
    someone who loves and usually collects books
  9. cypher
    a secret method of writing
  10. encode
    represent ordinary language in a secret form
  11. fragment
    a piece broken off or cut off of something else
  12. watermark
    distinguishing design impressed on paper during manufacture
  13. inscription
    the activity of carving or engraving letters or words
  14. variant
    something a little different from others of the same type
  15. document
    a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
  16. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  17. antiquity
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  18. morocco
    a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin
  19. codex
    a written manuscript, typically from ancient times
  20. folio
    a book consisting of large sheets of folded paper
  21. leaf
    the collective amount of leaves of one or more plants
Created on Sat May 24 00:57:46 EDT 2008 (updated Tue Sep 23 06:44:34 EDT 2008)

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