#323: amanuensis

4/27/2016

a man of letters
scribe with writing utensils
amanuensis

I'm a self-taught calligrapher, and fairly talented at it... still practicing!
But illuminated manuscripts like this are simply mind-blowing.
I'm a patient man, but this is ridiculous!

DEFINITION of this 5-syllable noun:

a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.

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