lost manuscript
Missing written work
A lost manuscript is a written work known to have existed but no longer available—destroyed, misplaced, or simply vanished.
The term usually applies to works of historical or literary significance: Scholars have long speculated about the contents of the lost manuscript.
Some lost manuscripts resurface centuries later; others are known only through references in surviving texts.
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- hiddenKept out of sight
- hidden awayStored out of view
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- archiveStored historical records
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