surviving manuscript

collocation in English

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surviving
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/
continuing to live ...
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manuscript
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/us
/ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/
the original copy of a book or article before it ...
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(Definition ofsurvivingandmanuscriptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thesurvivingmanuscriptevidence supports this conclusion as well.
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His contribution amounts to roughly 60% of thesurvivingmanuscript.
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Its creation dates to between the 8th and the 11th centuries, the onlysurvivingmanuscriptdating to circa 1010.
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The date of composition is put at around 790 or a little later, while thesurvivingmanuscriptdates from about 814.
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Survivingmanuscriptpages were handed out to various families and individuals in the 1880s.
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No earliersurvivingmanuscripthas this massive amount of decoration.
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The onesurvivingmanuscriptwas probably written in the 16th century and is an unknown number of generations removed from the original.
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Its creation dates to between the 8th and the 11th century, the onlysurvivingmanuscriptdating to circa 1010.
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Thesurvivingmanuscripthas seventy leaves, some of which are in fragments.
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In one instance the diction seems to come closer to the form of the original than any othersurvivingmanuscript.
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But, on the face of it, he recorded very little about them - at least, in the surviving manuscripts.
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The keysurvivingmanuscriptsources were gradually located, edited and translated, monuments identified and published, and other essential groundwork in recording stories, music and language done.
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There is a lacuna in the onlysurvivingmanuscriptversion of this song that lasts from the middle of the third stanza through to the middle of the fifth.
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It is the form found in the largest number of surviving manuscripts, though not in the oldest.
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It is thought likely that this account is considerably earlier than the date of the surviving manuscripts.
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Most surviving manuscripts date to the 15th century.
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None of the surviving manuscripts has a complete collection of the 22 sermons.
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The surviving manuscripts of the text break off while he is in pursuit of his sixth wife.
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In all there are over 400 surviving manuscripts from the period, of which about 189 are considered major.
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