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In [[period]], '''scribes''' were the people who could [[writing|write]]. Often, they were [[monk]]s or [[nun]]s who worked in a ''scriptorium'' to produce beautiful illuminated [[book]]s and [[manuscript]]s. Later in period, scribes became more secularized, and scriptoria became more like the artist workshops that also cropped up in the [[Renaissance]].

==Scribes in the SCA==
In the [[SCA]], scribes are the volunteers who produce the beautiful [[award]] [[scroll]]s that are handed out during [[court]]s. The [[calligraphy]] and [[illumination]] on the scrolls is often on par with a [[medieval]] [[book of hours]] or [[grant of arms]].


==Origins of Error==
Scribes (both medieval and SCAdian) are, among artisans and [[craftsman|craftsmen]], unique in that they have a patron demon, [[Titivillus]], who supposedly induces them to make errors in transcription.
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