scribe
person who wrote or copied manuscripts
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Summary
scribe is a historical profession[1]. scribe draws 4,664 Wikipedia views per month (historical profession category, ranking #22 of 153).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: profession[3]
- Subclass of: amanuensis[4]
- Commons category: Scribes[5]
- Patron saint: Catherine of Alexandria[6], Francis de Sales[7]
- Field of this occupation: copying[8], transcription[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Scribes[10]
- Commons gallery: Scribe[11]
- Depicted by: Ara of the Scribes[12]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], The New Student's Reference Work[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[17]
- Different from: scrivener[18]
- Uses: writing system[19]
- Female form of label: كاتبة تدوينية[20], pisarka[21]
- Wikidata usage instructions: for krønikeskriver brug chronicler[22]
- Male form of label: pisar[23]
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Influence
Things named for scribe include Schreiber[24], a family name[25].
Why It Matters
scribe has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] scribe is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for scribe include Schreiber[24], a family name[25].