13-03-2026, 09:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-03-2026, 09:21 PM by Jorge_Stolfi.)
(13-03-2026, 08:42 PM)dexdex wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I found an estimate of around 2 pages a day for a good scribe
I guess that this estimate is for a good scribe writing high quality text with neat uniform "font", ornate letters, etc. Not just a faithful copy.
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. seems to have been written directly by the author without a draft, "from brain to paper".
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was written by a professional scribe, probably in a "book factory", copying literally from some earlier copy. It had to be a faithful copy, but the scribe made many errors that were corrected, presumably by a proofreading scribe. I suppose that it is a typical commercial-quality product, that a scholar would find good enough.
- You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is a higher-quality product where obviously a neat and uniform "font" was essential and visible corrections would not be tolerated. I guess that it was meant for the luxury book market, for rich clients to show off. A Vuitton book.
All the best, --stolfi


