At least that is the direction given in the old manuscripts.

The oldest manuscript for the law is from c. 1345.

Nevertheless, I keep working my way through the old manuscripts.

The oldest manuscript is obviously very close to the original.

The old manuscripts were not very reliable, it was found, except in general.

And here is actually a shred of the old manuscript.

However, he was rather reluctant to go off to copy some old manuscript.

He was a noted collector of old manuscripts and books.

The oldest manuscript was published in 1632 but is believed to based on works at least a century older.

Among the objects in the box were fragments of an old manuscript.