drafts of literary works

The most common form

antiquities. These are the Egyptian papyri

number of surviving European

Western Europe also formed

ancient and medieval Latin,

so expensive material

From many manuscripts of Antiquity

... As a rule, the manuscript is called

Preserved about 300 thousand.

secular brotherhoods of scribes.

works of art.

collection of poems composed

mostly in monasteries.

way. Handwritten book