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* Scribes were very relevant in Jewish, Greek, Arab, and more cultures | * Scribes were very relevant in Jewish, Greek, Arab, and more cultures | ||
* Scribes were highly valued in society and made a significant amount of money | * Scribes were highly valued in society and made a significant amount of money | ||
* Scribe work was hard, it took a took on workers bodies and minds | |||
===" | ==="Manuscript copying was exacting--and exhausting--work. Depending on their skill, the size and complexity of the text being copied, and the season of the year, scribes could produce from one to ten leaves per day, or between two and twenty pages. (The ink on the first side of the leaf would have to be allowed to dry thoroughly before the lead would have to be allowed to dry thoroughly before the leaf could be turned and the second side begun.) If the corrector discovered any errors in the transcription, the scribe would need to scrape off the ink in that portion of the parchment with a knife or piece of pumice, smooth the parchment surface again, and then rewrite the passage."=== | ||
====<ref> Robinson, Solveig C. (2014). The Book in Society. Broadview Press: 57-73 </ref>==== | ====<ref> Robinson, Solveig C. (2014). The Book in Society. Broadview Press: 57-73 </ref>==== | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 4 September 2025
scribe
a scribe is someone with the task of hand copying texts
- Prior to the invention of automatic printing, a scribe is a professional copyist who hand wrote manuscripts
- Scribes were very relevant in Jewish, Greek, Arab, and more cultures
- Scribes were highly valued in society and made a significant amount of money
- Scribe work was hard, it took a took on workers bodies and minds
"Manuscript copying was exacting--and exhausting--work. Depending on their skill, the size and complexity of the text being copied, and the season of the year, scribes could produce from one to ten leaves per day, or between two and twenty pages. (The ink on the first side of the leaf would have to be allowed to dry thoroughly before the lead would have to be allowed to dry thoroughly before the leaf could be turned and the second side begun.) If the corrector discovered any errors in the transcription, the scribe would need to scrape off the ink in that portion of the parchment with a knife or piece of pumice, smooth the parchment surface again, and then rewrite the passage."
- ↑ Robinson, Solveig C. (2014). The Book in Society. Broadview Press: 57-73
