Philosophy 3020F/G Lecture : Erasmus .odt
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This is the way in which information was preserved and handed down in medieval era. This is because islam emerges and the western world is cut off the papyrus (which comes from egypt) These months are engaging in preserving and copying manuscripts. Books in monastery would be on a chain because they were so valuable. There is a kind of mass production in there monasteries. A given monk may be given a page or two to copy over and over again. The literacy of these clerics are not always certain. The monks may not be able to read but are able to write. Books were produced on parchment(sheep skin) and vellum (cow"s) Lightly line these pages(grid pattern) and then they would copy the print along these lines. If one text you didn"t need you would scrape them clean and reuse it. So sometimes there can be layers of writing. However in a broad way it refers to painted manuscripts.