mov
mov — abbreviation
1. an abbreviation in library records meaning that a document was handwritten on ve
an abbreviation in library records meaning that a document was handwritten on vellum (fine calfskin) rather than printed
The catalogue entry read: '12th-century Gospel Book, mov, 185 folios, with illuminated initials.'
abbreviation used in catalogue descriptions
A dealer described the manuscript as mov, quarto size, 15th century, with decorated borders.
Library databases let users search by material type with codes such as mov for vellum manuscripts.
Dr. Han saw the label 'mov' on the 13th-century prayer book, meaning a scribe copied it by hand onto vellum.
The sale listing marked the volume 'mov' to show it was written on vellum rather than paper.
- MS on vellum
a slightly longer but synonymous form sometimes used in the same cataloguing context
用法筆記
This abbreviation appears chiefly in specialist catalogues, auction records, and academic bibliographies. It is almost never used in ordinary prose; readers encountering it should expect a formal description of a pre-modern handwritten document.