23-02-2019, 07:58 AM
They vary so widely. The manuscripts in book hands are mostly by professional scribes and I'm sure some of them are near-perfect.
The ones copied by students so they can have a copy of a text book (which are usually in cursive or hybrid cursive/bookhand) probably have their share of errors.
And then there are spelling variations and dialect variations, and imperfect translations (a lot of imperfect translations).
I don't know. It's like comparing 20 different kinds of fruit.
The ones copied by students so they can have a copy of a text book (which are usually in cursive or hybrid cursive/bookhand) probably have their share of errors.
And then there are spelling variations and dialect variations, and imperfect translations (a lot of imperfect translations).
I don't know. It's like comparing 20 different kinds of fruit.