What is Scribe?
[[Image:Escribano.jpg|thumb|210px|right|A European scribe at work]] A '''scribe''' is an ancient occupation. A scribe's job involved [[reading]] and [[writing]], especially during the [[Renaissance]] (a period in European history when art, writing, and science made big advances that still exist today). Being a scribe meant writing letters, and historical records for [[monarch|kings]], [[nobility]], and [[temples#religion|temples]]. It was an important job when few people could read and write. Later, it changed into being [[Secretary|secretaries]], [[clerk]]s: [[servant|public servants]], [[journalist]]s, [[accountant]]s and [[lawyer]]s. Today, there are no scribes, but there are still [[author]]s and [[writer]]s. ==Egyptian scribes== The [[Ancient Egypt]]ian scribe was an important job. Ancient Egypt also had its painters and artisans who decorated [[tomb]]s, buildings, furniture, [[statue]]s, and other relics with pictures and [[hieroglyphics]]. In Ancient Egypt, only males could be scribes. This was so in many civilisations, because most official positions were exclusively male. [[Image:GD-EG-Louxor-126.JPG|thumb|210px|Egyptian scribe with [[papyrus]] scroll.]] The scribes had to be able to write not only the hieroglyphs, but also the hieratic (priestly) script, and they had to know [[arithmetic]]. They used a type of paper called [[papyrus]], made from [[reed (plant)|reeds]], and wrote with reed [[pen]]s and [[ink]]. ==Related pages== *[[Writing]] ==Other websites== * [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13634a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia] {{commons|Scribe}} [[Category:Ancient Egypt]] [[Category:Writing systems]] [[Category:Writing occupations]]