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Burgundian scribe (portrait of Jean Miélot, secretary, copyist and translator to Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy, from a copy of his comilation of the Miracles de Notre Dame NOTE: NOT IN FACT A MONK AT ALL, NOR PROBABLY A SCRIPTORIUM!, though a canon of Lille Cathedral.), 15th century. The picture is greatly detailed in its rendering of the room's furnishings, the writer's materials, equipment, and activity.

  • Source: http://spanport.byu.edu/Faculty/rosenbergj/441.04.html
  • New version from: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/images/scriptorium_1.lg.jpg

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current 05:21, 9 January 2006 600×464 (115 KB) Leinad-Z (Medieval depiction of a monk at work in a monastic scriptorium. The picture is greatly detailed in its rendering of the room's furnishings, the writer's materials, equipment, and activity. new version from: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/s/images/scriptori)
18:10, 11 March 2005 346×279 (123 KB) Ranveig (Medieval scribe. Source: http://spanport.byu.edu/Faculty/rosenbergj/441.04.html{{PD-Old}})
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