The study of manuscripts is called palaeography. It focuses on deciphering and interpreting ancient writing systems and styles found in handwritten documents.
A collection of old manuscripts is commonly referred to as an archive or a repository.
Medieval books are manuscripts, which means they were written by hand.
Miniatures
Old Manuscripts were called the Codes. Refer to the Voynich Biblical Manuscript codes
Drink, doodle in the margins of manuscripts, read books, study nature.....
Martin Sicherl has written: 'Handschriftliche Vorlagen der Editio princeps des Aristoteles' -- subject(s): Bibliography, First editions, Greek Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Greek 'Johannes Cuno' -- subject(s): Biography, Classical philology, History, Humanists, Intellectual life, Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Renaissance, Renaissance Manuscripts, Study and teaching 'Die griechischen Erstausgaben des Vettore Trincavelli' -- subject(s): Physicians, Medical literature, Biography, History
Illuminated manuscripts .
Palaeography is the study of ancient writing systems and styles. It involves deciphering and interpreting historical manuscripts and documents in order to understand their content and context. Palaeographers often rely on knowledge of languages, scripts, and historical context to analyze and date manuscripts accurately.
I don't think an archeologists scope is as stringently defined as that. It merely means study of the past. A numismatist studies coins not sure what a manuscript studdier is - a bit boring maybe?
The collective noun for manuscripts is "a collection of manuscripts." Alternatively, you might also encounter "a trove of manuscripts" or "a cache of manuscripts," depending on the context. These terms emphasize the gathering or accumulation of multiple written works.
Subhas C. Biswas has written: 'Bibliographic survey of Indian manuscript catalogues' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Catalogs, Indic Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Indic, Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Sanskrit, Persian Manuscripts, Sanskrit Manuscripts, Union lists
Abraham Isaac Katsh has written: 'The Antonin genizah in the Saltykov-Schedrin Public Library in Leningrad' -- subject(s): Catalogs, Manuscripts, Hebrew, Genizah, Hebrew Manuscripts 'Catalogue of Hebrew manuscripts preserved in the USSR' -- subject(s): Catalogs, Manuscripts, Hebrew, Manuscripts on microfilm, Facsimiles, Cairo Genizah, Hebrew Manuscripts 'Judaism in Islam' 'Hebrew in American higher education' -- subject(s): Civilization, Comparative Literature, English and Hebrew, Hebrew and English, Hebrew language, Hebrew literature, Jews, Literature, Comparative, Study and teaching, Universities and colleges 'Bar Mitzvah illustrated' -- subject(s): Bar mitzvah, Judaism 'Hebrew language' -- subject(s): Study and teaching, Hebrew philology 'Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic MSS in the collections of the USSR'