piece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"

autograph - something written by one's own hand

leaf-book, codex - an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)

palimpsest - a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible

scroll, roll - a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)