Learnings: The Ordeal of the Copyist: Difference between revisions
imported>Wagnike2 Created page with "{{Imageneed}} Hardship was intended to be part of the monastic life, so scribes were not supposed to vent their frustrations aloud. HOwever, they found other ways to express..." |
imported>Darman36 No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Imageneed}} | {{Imageneed}} | ||
Hardship was intended to be part of the [[Church|monastic]] life, so {{Wiki|Scriptorium|scribes}} were not supposed to vent their frustrations aloud. However, they found other ways to express their frustration. Many {{Wiki|copyist}}s noted how tiring and challenging their job was through their writing, as seen in this 11th-century manuscript, the complaint: "[[Christianity|God]] help my hands." | |||
Hardship was intended to be part of the monastic life, so scribes were not supposed to vent their frustrations aloud. | |||
Among the sources of discomfort were cold temperatures, excruciating pain in the joins and muscles of their hands, and burning inflammation of their back muscles. The low light, often from candles, in which they were expected to copy fine details from one manuscript to another forced them to strain their eyes; this could result in blinding headaches. | Among the sources of discomfort were cold temperatures, excruciating pain in the joins and muscles of their hands, and burning inflammation of their back muscles. The low light, often from candles, in which they were expected to copy fine details from one manuscript to another forced them to strain their eyes; this could result in blinding headaches. | ||
[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | [[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 5 January 2022
|
Where are the paintings? This article is in need of more images and/or better quality pictures from official media in order to achieve a higher status. You can help the Assassin's Creed Wiki by uploading better images on this page. |
Hardship was intended to be part of the monastic life, so scribes were not supposed to vent their frustrations aloud. However, they found other ways to express their frustration. Many copyists noted how tiring and challenging their job was through their writing, as seen in this 11th-century manuscript, the complaint: "God help my hands."
Among the sources of discomfort were cold temperatures, excruciating pain in the joins and muscles of their hands, and burning inflammation of their back muscles. The low light, often from candles, in which they were expected to copy fine details from one manuscript to another forced them to strain their eyes; this could result in blinding headaches.