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How long did it take to make a book before the invention of the printing press?
Many days, as each page would have to be written by hand. Several scribes would work on a book, each writing different pages. If the book was for the Church, several monks could take a year or more, due to the Old English writing in Latin and many gold leaf religious water-coloured pictures. The printing press brought books to the masses (provided they had the money).
If you had a million dollars how would you spend it?
I would give it to somebody who is living on the street
How long would it take to spend 1000000 if you spend 100 each day?
If you spent 100 EVERY day... it would take more than 27 YEARS !
How much money would you have to spend every second to spend a trillion dollars?
You could spend a fraction of a penny every second and spend a trillion dollars over a very long time. However to spend a trillion dollars in a certain amount of time it's $(1000000000 / Months * 2678400) per second. So over 5 months it would be about $76.67 per second.
Most formal kind of functional writing?
The most formal kind of functional writing would be formal letters. This type of letter would be used in circumstances dealing with business matters or even when writing to a stranger.
What do scribes do to a manuscript?
Scribes essentially are known for writing. An example would be the monks who wrote the bible during the times prior to the Enlightenment.
What is an example of Extensive Writing?
An example of extensive writing would be writing a research paper or a thesis that requires in-depth analysis, research, and detailed exploration of a topic. This type of writing typically involves longer texts and extensive use of sources and evidence.
What did Plato fear that would cause people forget information?
Plato feared that the invention of writing would cause people to rely on external written texts and stop exercising their memories, leading to forgetfulness and a degradation of knowledge.
What is the difference between monks and brothers?
Monks are any solemnly professed religious of a monastic Order like the Benedictines, Cistercians, etc. Monks would include both brothers and priests. Brothers are those monks who are not ordained to the priesthood. Other Orders with non-ordained members such as the Dominicans, Carmelites, Franciscans, etc. also have brothers.
Where did the monks and nuns live in order to dedicate their lives to god?
Those would be monks.
Would all American texts be considered western texts?
no
Why would monks go to the infirmary?
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What is a scriptorium?
A medieval scriptorium was the room, or building, usually part of a church or monastery where books and documents were copied by hand before the invention of a printing press or movable typeset. Usually an orator would read the book to be copied aloud and multiple writers would copy it. It was in these scriptoria that the most beautiful illuminated books were produced during the medieval period.
These men are the buddhists monks of Tibet?
In English we would call them Tibetan monks. In Tibet they are called chodak or or choden.
Why didn't the monks just use computers to write things down?
Present day monks do use computers, faxes, scanners, etc. Prior to the late 1960s there were no computers to use. Some writing (manuscripts and similar) is done as an art form. This presupposes that it is done by hand with pens and brushes. SOme orders of monks require a withdrawal from the world. These orders might use computers for record keeping but would not use the Internet which would bring the world into their monasteries.
How do monks and nuns live in monasteries now?
A Monastery is occupied by a community of Monks only
Why would the isolation of Buddhist monks contribute to the religions decline?
The monks' isolation prohibited them from helping others and spreading Buddhism.
