scribal

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The installation also features tools from scribal workshops and information about the restoration of “Ankhmerwer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“It’s a masterpiece of scribal art,” Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby’s senior consultant for Judaica, told The New York Times in February.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

He said the scribal quality was “surprisingly sloppy” compared to its counterpart.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

"Second, the scribal tradition represented in these 11 fragments is diverse, expressive, their technology for paint preparation and calligraphic fluidity is impressive – this was a well-established tradition of writing and art," Hurst added.

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2022

It is clear that `Hermes' is a scribal error for `Herines,' and that the scribe has added `thou' out of his own head, to keep `Hermes' company.

From Literary Blunders by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin