In the days before the printing press, book-making was a very laborious process. Each and every book had to made by hand, starting with the preparation of parchment, to the writing, the illumination and finally to the binding. Often a number of scribes, usually monks, worked together in a manuscript carefully forming letters in beautiful calligraphy with ink-tipped feathers, accompanied by rich illustrations. They had to be careful not to make errors, while also making sure that the lines were straight and the letters were of the same size throughout the book. It was a very time-consuming process, which made books very valuable. But this also made books attractive to theft.
Medieval Book Curses
4/
5
Oleh
photofun4ucom
