scribal
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- adjective
- /ˈskraɪbəl/
- Formal
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escribal
- The ancient manuscript was created during a scribal tradition, carefully copied by hand to preserve its content.
- scribal error
- scribal copying
- scribal emendation
It's also very interesting because this is the only mention that we have a direct mention from scribal teaching in the old Assyrian.
- It's also very interesting because this is the only mention that we have a direct mention from scribal teaching in the old Assyrian.
Examples
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Continuity of ecclesiastical descent is thus set in a context of charters and scribal recording.
Academic text (1999) -
We have illustrated the typology of scribal mistakes developed by textual critics.
Academic text (2001) -
In the later stages of that period, the Scribal Corps tried to do the same.
Academic text (2000) -
It's also very interesting because this is the only mention that we have a direct mention from scribal teaching in the old Assyrian.
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Then the scribal task is to reproduce the same sequence of symbols.
Academic text (2001) -
During a collaborative scribal project, we made the unfortunate discovery that not all writing inks are created equal.
Blog text (17) -
In particular, the sloppy nature of the scribal hand and the wide, undifferentiated strokes of the pen seemed problematic.
Blog text (6) -
Transcribing was the occasion for scribal interpretation and interpolation, much as we have come to associate these acts with modern translation practice.
Academic text (1999) -
The headdress is a defining insignia of the scribal creator-gods and their human counterparts.
Academic text (2007) -
But nineteenth-century literati continued to wax nostalgic for bardic poets, scribal arts, and noble patrons.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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Made by using a pen instead of typing or printing
Written by hand, usually as a copy of another text
Relating to writing done by hand
Writing done by hand, often in old books
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word scribal comes from the Latin root scribere 'to write' and is the same root behind familiar words like scribe and script. So scribal means 'of writing' or 'of the person who writes by hand', which explains its use for handwritten copies and handwriting.