[split] Implications of multiple scribes

[Mark Knowles]

If the manuscript were written by collaborators this would seem to mean people of equal status. This could be friends. Most organisations are hierarchical, so formal organisation seem less likely. Siblings as I suggest is an option. Communities without hierarchies can exist, but I would guess them rare at the time. I suppose there is scope for overlap between hierarchical and non-hierarchical relations. You can have brothers, but the older brother(s) may have influence over the younger brothers. You have friends, where one friend is deferred to more than others on certain tasks. You can have organisation relationships where employees are given more autonomy, though I think that probably rare at that time.