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MSS.

1 American  
Or MSS,

abbreviation

  1. manuscripts.


M.S.S. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Social Science.

  2. Master of Social Service.


MSS British  

abbreviation

  1. manuscripts

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But the irreplaceable possessions of the library, its 1,200 MSS. and 40,000 records, were removed by the Hermann G�ring Division.

From Time Magazine Archive

The relations of the extant MSS. to each other and the presumed archetype present an intricate problem; and Keller’s solution has not proved generally acceptable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

A few years later he again visited Italy, when the grand-duke Ferdinand II. of Tuscany presented him with a large number of valuable Oriental MSS., and tried to attach him to his court.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

It was the standard work on general history, and more than a hundred MSS. of it are known to exist.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

A drawing in the Cotton MSS. shews a Saxon dancing a reel.

From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall