A short history of England . <*m 1 Remains of the Scriptorium of Fountains Abbey-parchment, ink, and pens for a group of monks or other clerkswho were busied with much copying or writing. The keeping ofthe official chronicle was only a small part of the work and letters were written or transcribed, service booksfor the chapel, portions of the Bible and other religious bookswere copied, and transcripts of the classics and of other famouswritings were prepared, to be used as presents for great men orto be placed in the monastery library. 104 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND In those t
A short history of England . <*m 1 Remains of the Scriptorium of Fountains Abbey-parchment, ink, and pens for a group of monks or other clerkswho were busied with much copying or writing. The keeping ofthe official chronicle was only a small part of the work and letters were written or transcribed, service booksfor the chapel, portions of the Bible and other religious bookswere copied, and transcripts of the classics and of other famouswritings were prepared, to be used as presents for great men orto be placed in the monastery library. 104 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND In those times, before printing was invented, the multiplying ofES required many hands, and skill in elear. ornamental hand-writing brought a high reputation. Some of the writers in thescriptorium, therefore, copied the mam body of the manuscript,while the initial letters and other ornamentation was leftpersons skilled in drawing and in the use of gilt and Paris had a re tor illustration and handwriting as well as tor h
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