Copyists

Although he wrote at least fourteen books, only his commentary on the popular astronomical poem by Aratus was preserved by later copyists.

Cook, 147; he notes that ancient Greek copyists seem to have used many fewer points than some later ones, and copies often vary considerably in the composition as well as the finish.

Copyists also affected chronicles in creative copying, making corrections or in updating or continuing a chronicle with information not available to the original author(s).

Copyists of books used a cursive similar to that found in documents, except that the strokes are thicker, the forms more regular, and the heads and tails shorter.

Copyists would therefore choose simpler writing styles.

Count Sanvitale's request on 17 April, asking "to let me know the reasons why our copyists are kept idle", did not receive much of response to satisfy the theatre's management.

However, the speed with which copyists strove to write complete versions of his tale in manuscript form shows that Chaucer was a famous and respected poet in his own day.

In terms of productivity, the Ottoman copyists provide the best example.

Many despise them, seeing them as an affront to Hergé's work.sfn Nick Rodwell of the Hergé Foundation took this view, declaring that "None of these copyists count as true fans of Hergé.

Monks and other copyists were set to transcribing ancient manuscripts, both classical and Christian, for the preservation and extension of learning.

Note that Scholias at the end of the text are later supplements, possibly by Adam himself or copyists.

The books were divided into unbound leaves (pecia), which were lent out to different copyists, so the speed of book production was considerably increased.

The church certainly required literacy in Latin, and could not function without copyists to produce liturgical documents.

The speed of the printing telegraph was 1000 words per minute, but messages still required translation into English by live copyists.

The us ending, very common in Latin, was then abbreviated by copyists (monks) by the letter x, resulting in a written form animax.

The variance between Massorah and Septuagint texts in this numeration is likely enough due to a gradual neglect of the original poetic form of the Psalms; such neglect was occasioned by liturgical uses and carelessness of copyists.

Whether De architectura was written by one author or is a compilation completed by subsequent librarians and copyists, remains an open question.