This document defines and describes words related to writing by hand or manually before the invention of the printing press. It provides definitions for terms like scribe, manuscript, scribble, conscript, transcript, subscribe, inscription, scripture, scrivener, transcribe, prescription, and script. The document serves as a reference for understanding terminology around pre-printing press writing practices and processes.

1. Scrib/Scrip By: Augusta Moran Period: 5 Mnemonics

2. Scribe: A person who copied manuscripts before printing was invented.

3. Manuscript: A written by hand or typewritten document.

4. Scribble: To write carelessly, hastily

5. Describe: To write or tell about

6. Conscript: To enroll in the armed forces, to be drafted

7. Transcript: An official or legal & often published copy

8. Subscribe: To sign your name to receive something

9. Inscription: To mark or engrave words-message, to enter a name or list

10. Scripture: Any sacred writing

11. Scrivener: A public copyist, recorder

12. Transcribe: To make a copy of in a long hand machine

13. Prescription: A process of making claim to something by long use of enjoyment

14. Script: Something written, text