scribal

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The installation also features tools from scribal workshops and information about the restoration of “Ankhmerwer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He said the scribal quality was “surprisingly sloppy” compared to its counterpart.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

"Second, the scribal tradition represented in these 11 fragments is diverse, expressive, their technology for paint preparation and calligraphic fluidity is impressive – this was a well-established tradition of writing and art," Hurst added.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2022

Whereas with the scribal tradition, readers tended to hold books in reverence, with the reader having to seek out the book, now books could go to readers.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Some page numbers are missing, as there were often blank pages before or after full page photographs.Straight lines over letters substitute for tildes for scribal abbreviations.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King