handwritten by the author.

number of surviving European

... As a rule, the manuscript is called

Libraries of the Carolingian era). IN

Century to a kind of destruction:

Western Europe also formed

By the end of the 15th century, 35

Testaru. Best known

reproduced by hand, in contrast

drafts of literary works

then only a few have reached us

55 thousand Greek, 30 thousand Armenian

mostly in monasteries.

from a printed book, reproduction