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Isidore of Seville (7th century AD) dividing his work 'Etymologies' into books, France, Amiens, Bibliothèques d’Amiens Métropole, Ms. 108 f. 246v

Most scribes and copyists working in the medieval period had no idea how critical their work was. They accepted the ordeal of writing millions of words by hand, day in and day out, but they don't seem to have h…