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Scribes

Scope note

Persons who inscribe or copy texts, especially those who transcribed, copied, and edited manuscripts in the days before mechanical printing.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300025580

Narrower Terms used

rubricators

Equivalent Terms used

scribe's
scribes'
scribe

Created

13yrs ago

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