According to the rules each manuscript bears a motto, and the corresponding envelope containing the name of the successful author is opened.

The unique manuscript in Toledo bears the name of Menahem ben Benjamin in its signature.

The manuscript bears Middleton's dedication to Thomas Holmes, Esq.

The manuscript bears numerous notes and corrections in Handel's hand, and was possibly the basis for the substantial revisions which he effected in 1731.

The manuscript bears a 15th-century pressmark of the Abbey of Fulda.

Another study suggests that this manuscript bears the vocalization of himsi region.

An original manuscript of essay No. 64 of the Federalist Papers bears direct relevance to today's Iran controversy.

The manuscript bears the notation "St. Petersburg 1812", suggesting it was begun there (but the work may not have been finished there).

For example, a manuscript in the Bodleian Library bears a pencil note: "taken from a church at Maqdala in 1868".

This manuscript, in the Vatican Library, bears the relevant passage inserted as a footnote at the bottom of a page.