as in scribes
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts
thanks to the efforts of his dutiful amanuensis, copies of most of the author's letters and unpublished manuscripts have been preserved
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scribes
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By 1500, more than 20 million books had been printed in Europe—more than the entire output of scribes over the previous thousand years.—
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Writing and agriculture were so closely intertwined that the Sumerian goddess of grain, Nisaba, eventually also became the goddess of writing and patron of scribes.—
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Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Amanuenses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amanuenses. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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