We can make an estimate, however, as to when the manuscripts were copied.

According to art-historical analysis the manuscript was copied from a model of the 3rd century.

The manuscripts were copied over a period of more than thirty years, from about 1435 to sometime after 1470.

The manuscript has been copied in a single hand and shows signs of haste.

The handwriting was strange to me, for the manuscript had been fairly copied.

The manuscript was almost certainly copied after 1350 with the most accepted current date being Pirrotta's of c. 1370.

This person is the writer himself, the monk whose business is to copy old manuscripts.

In early manuscript culture monks copied manuscripts by hand, mostly religious texts.

Historically, Kvatakhevi was also a literary center where several manuscripts were copied.

During the sixth and seventh centuries, manuscripts were still being copied in continental Europe.