History

Medieval scribes would sometimes finish their work by writing:

"tres digiti scribunt, totum corpusque laborat"
(three fingers write, but the entire body labors)

A testament to how immensely arduous and monotonous the scribal process must have been. pic.twitter.com/m4cu6erCso

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