Question

Why were manuscripts so expensive the earl fifteenth century

Answer 1

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Books then where all hand written, and assembled by hand. This was a lot of work, and took time-for each and every copy. Additonally, it needed someone who could read and write to copy a text, and such people were in small numbers in the early 15th century, and had to be well paid for the work.

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