They were not permanently bound; the cover merely served as container for what appeared to be a precious manuscript.

I was certainly to blame for allowing that precious manuscript to be taken from me.

It has also numerous precious manuscripts, some from the 10th century.

This is a precious manuscript of Byzantine origin, finely illuminated.

His own private library contained the largest collection of precious manuscripts and books outside Tibet.

Its one of the biggest library of precious manuscripts in Iran.

She, in turn, was on a first-name basis with her precious manuscripts.

As they crossed a stream the precious manuscript slipped from his hand and disappeared in the water.

They created a library with a vast collection of precious manuscripts and incunables.

Lovborg had gotten so drunk that he'd dropped his precious manuscript.