Will Self

In truth, even if they have an imperfect insight into their own methods, I still slightly mistrust writers of fiction who are assured literary critics; it makes me suspect that they favour the word over the world it should describe. Such scribes fall victim too easily to the solecism of equating style with morality.

English Author

Rick Perlstein

Call it Camelot's revenge: the class of court scribes who made it their profession to uphold a make-believe version of America free of conflict and ruled by noble men helped Nixon get away with it for so long - because, after all, America was ruled by noble men.

American Historian

Isabella Bird

The Malays, like the Japanese, have a most rigid epistolary etiquette and set forms for letter writing. Letters must consist of six parts and are so highly elaborate that the scribes who indite them are almost looked upon as litterateurs.

English Explorer

Said Nursi

Nature is a divine art; it cannot be the artist. It is a dominical book and cannot be the scribe. It is an embroidery and cannot be the embroiderer. It is a register and cannot be the accountant. It is the law and cannot be the power.

Turkish Theologian

Leslie Jamison

Though there might not be any easy answers to the problem of poverty, its most compelling scribes do not resign themselves to representation solely for the sake of those age-old verities of truth and beauty.

American Novelist

Ajay Naidu

It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe.

American Actor

Andrew Neil

Ever since I left the 'Sunday Times' there has been a group of scribes waiting for me to fall on my face, and having a go at my commercial record, looking to pick holes in it.

British Journalist

Glen Campbell

I'm running my life according to what I know to be true from the Bible and the old scribes.

American Musician

Nithya Menen

I studied journalism, though I never really became a scribe.

Indian Actress

Originally, scribes were vital for documentation before printing was invented.

Historical Use

The role of a scribe indicates ability in literacy when most were illiterate.

Specialized Skill

Being a scribe historically implied a prestigious and respected professional status.

Profession Status

A Jewish scribe isn't just any copyist; they perform a sacred and traditional function.

Religious Tradition

For Jewish scribes, accuracy remains crucial to preserve religious texts perfectly.

Cultural Importance

A legal scribe focuses on verbatim transcription, leaving no room for personal interpretation.

Precision Recording

Accuracy is paramount; misrecording words can lead to legal discrepancies.

Legal Accuracy

As a verb, 'to scribe' involves careful, detailed handcraft beyond just writing.

Artistic Detail

Scribing is not a general term for writing; it implies intention and precision.

Not General Writing

In industrial contexts, scribing is a form of marking for precise guidance in material work.

Technical Craftsmanship

Scribed marks are references for accurate cuts, not just random markings.

Guide for Precision

 that now populate the river are held in high esteem as they probe for snails they resemble scribes dipping pens into ink so are also credited with the power of knowledge but in reality they are important for a more practical reason evidence from autopsies on mummies has

Nile Ibis Birds Create...

 which directly translates to herdsman of the anus to the royal family, or, guardian of the royal anus. Inside, the House of Life is bustling as usual with scribes, priests, doctors, and students. Papyri containing all kinds of records, not just medical information,

A day in the life of an...

 The judge grants her request. The scribe records the new contract in cuneiform into a wet clay tablet, and the matter is settled. She's protected her income and spared her brother’s life by withholding the true extent of his crimes.

 or a division of text, scribes would switch from standard black to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off

Mysteries of vernacular:...

 by scribes because it was difficult it required specialist skills think of the equipment there's a scribe look how happy is think of the equipment of his around at the time have any of you tried writing

The evolution of the...

 the elephant-headed god who is the scribe of storytellers, and his brother, the athletic warlord of the gods, Kartikeya. The two brothers one day decided to go on a race, three times around the world.

East vs west -- the...

 room that may have been a work room for Maya scribes paintings and unfinished sketches covered some of the walls but on one there were numbers calculations and tables the most important one is

Newfound Writings Debunk...

 decoration others relate to everyday life the limestone flakes were also used as makeshift notepads they reveal a highly organized set up with a scribe keeping detailed records of supplies

Egyptian Doodles PIPE...

 hunter an antlion unseen they dig traps to snare their victims first the antlion larva scribes a circle on the ground then digging deeper it spirals in

Antlion Traps and...

 The great texts of the ancient world don't survive to us in their original form. They survive because medieval scribes copied them

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