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Making a Book in the Middle Ages Took Years and Was Literally Physical Torture

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 6:50 a.m.

Making a book in the Middle Ages was extremely hard work. It took the skin of several calves to make the vellum (a writing material), an army of monks in a scriptorium, rare ink for the illustrations, and six months\u2019 time. Writing for hours on end was...