#251 – Medieval Books «

#251 – Medieval Books

Books were the livelihood of the medieval monk but they were rare and expensive. Not surprisingly this meant various and create ways to protect them.

“Anathema! Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses” by Marc Drogin

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Sarah

Posted August 14, 2011 at 12:16 am | Permalink | Reply

Father,
How do we know that all the books were copied word for word? So many books could have been changed even the Bible?
- sbeshonertor
  
  Posted August 19, 2011 at 3:52 pm | Permalink | Reply
  
  We do know that sometimes copyists made mistakes. We can tell this by looking at other copies, particularly earlier ones. This is also the case with Biblical translations which is why modern translators will rely on the earliest available texts and look to see if the same words are used in many different copies of the text in order to produce the best possible translation.
M. Kim G.

Posted August 14, 2011 at 12:40 pm | Permalink | Reply

I really liked this episode and cool picture!