Manuscript History Quiz: Trivia!
10 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.
Books always looked like what they are today. Many pages bound in a harder cover.- A.
Yes.
- B.
No
- 2.
The parchment was goat/sheep/calf skin, specially prepared to be written on.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 3.
The manuscript books were expensive and were ordered for people in high places (bishops, cardinals, princes etc)
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 4.
The scribe (the monk who made the book) made the codex from the beginning to the end. Preparing the parchment, drawing the lines, writing, illustrating, making initials, and finally binding.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 5.
The first scribe's pens were made of goose feathers.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 6.
The scribe's job was easy and relaxing in his own room in peace and quiet.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 7.
The medieval scribe finished ....... pages a day.
- A.
Two
- B.
Four
- C.
Ten
- 8.
On the last page of the manuscript, the "colophon", the scribe thanked God for finishing the painful task.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 9.
The manuscripts reigned for about 1000 years.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 10.
Illuminated manuscripts are books with wonderful drawings in the golden background.
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
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