He also sat at the centre of an important literary circle, which produced manuscripts in French and English for him.

Many monasteries produced manuscripts for the collection in their own libraries, and wealthy individuals commissioned works as a sign of status within the community.

Writers produce manuscripts, painters produce canvases, but composers typically respond to commissions.

Over the course of 43 years he produced numerous panel paintings, frescoes, and manuscripts.

The following century and a half produced few new manuscripts.

He married Senta Jacobshagen, a painter and commercial artist who produced illuminated manuscripts.

Paris had a large enough population of wealthy literate that could support the livelihood of people producing manuscripts.

Then they hire ghost writers and book doctors and still manage to produce unreadable manuscripts.

The abbey soon developed a significant scriptorium, producing manuscripts not only for the abbey's own use but also for other monasteries and churches.

In Gutenberg's time, inks used by scribes to produce manuscripts were water-based.