From many manuscripts of Antiquity

55 thousand Greek, 30 thousand Armenian

then only a few have reached us

consists of the book itself

reproduced by hand, in contrast

At the same time, many antique

manuscripts underwent in the Middle

commonly associated with

Middle Ages as in Western

(palimpsests). In the XIII-XV centuries in

for Countess Louise of Savoy

handwritten by the author.

manuscripts held onto

A handwritten book is a book