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thumb|upright|''Portrait of the Scribe Mir 'Abd Allah Katib in the Company of a Youth Burnishing Paper'' (Mughal Empire, ca. 1602) A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.
A scribe is a professional copyist who hand-wrote copies of manuscripts, serving an essential role in spreading written knowledge before printing machines were invented. Scribes were valued members of society who made literature, religious texts, and important documents available to people who couldn't own originals or couldn't read or write themselves.
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- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- amanuensis
- Image
- Seated Scribe Full.jpg
- Patron saint
- Francis de Sales
- Field of occupation
- transcription
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- female form of label
- pisarka
- uses
- writing system
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- Scribes
- topic's main category
- Category:Scribes
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- Scribe
- P8168
- Ottoman Turkish
- P13411
- 1995
- male form of label
- pisar
- different from
- scrivener
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書吏又稱作抄寫員（英語：scribe），是古代一種專門為人紀錄事情或抄寫文本的職業。抄書吏的工作內容主要是抄寫書籍，其內容可能是宗教文本、虛構故事、學術文本或。有時候抄書吏還必須負責秘書、行政等工作，诸如为君主、贵族、神庙、城市记录命令、管理商务。这项专业可以在所有文字社会中都有发现，但在印刷术到来时就失去了其重要性与地位。日后，这项专业演化为公务员、记者、会计、打字员与律师。在文化层次相对较低的社会里，抄书吏也会在街头为读者提供服务。
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