Talk:Scribe
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Scribes in Egypt were very interesting. YOU PEOPLE SHOULD WRITE ABOUT 'EM. or... maybe because i have to do a report on them ---C.Garcia
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[edit] "Scribe (Egyptian)"
Possibly a new article: Scribe (Egyptian). It would cover at least three items:
- 1–the art of the writing (languages, etc).
- 2–the statuary themselves (One temple had 4 identical seated scribe statues).
- 3--the God Thoth, the (moon, etc)god of the Scribe. ...MMcAnnis (use the four 'tildes' to sign ~ ~ ~ ~). (no spaces)Mmcannis 15:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Can the bible be used as a historical source like that?
No. Also that reference is random and unorganized. It's outta here. Gritironskillet 06:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "See also" section
What's with the "See also" section? What connection does peer-to-peer have to this article? What is the purprose of the "Main" subheading, and if List of professions fits under that heading, why not Scrivener? Why is Beowulf listed at all, much less in the "People" section? The story Beowulf was copied and edited by scribes, but if that's the only reason, why not list most every other piece of archaic literature? Margery Kempe and John Barbour both had scribes do some of their writing. As did, presumably, most everyone else who needed something written in the 1300s. Yet surely we don't intend to list all authors of that time period? According to Talk:Ibn Warraq, that name might mean "son of a scribe", but there's apparently evidence to the contrary, so the article itself mentions nothing of scribes. Even if Ibn Warraq did mean "son of a scribe", should this section list everyone whose name is related to the word? Michael William Balfe is apparently listed solely because an ambiguous linking of one of his librettists led here instead of to Eugène Scribe. Ooh, better add Eugene to the list. And the word "scribe" doesn't appear at all in Muhammad, Baruch, or John Milton, so why are they in this list?
Sidney Rigdon appears to be the only one in the list who actually was a scribe, not merely the employer of one, and thus seems to me the only reasonable person listed in the section. If there's going to be a list of random names and subjects, perhaps some reason should be given, especially when it's otherwise obscure. - Severinus 01:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Egyptian scribe
I just added the Egyptian scribe (just Stub-info), and the Pic from Commons. Since it predates Alllllll..... later scribes, but is contemporary with the Mesopotamian, and Akkadian scribes how about if somebody pulls the pic and Stub info and starts an "egyptian scribe" article? and puts it in at least: Category:Ancient Egyptian culture ? The egyptian scribes are obviously tied to hieroglyphs and papyrus, but not for the beginning centuries of Egypt.. from the SonoranDesert province of Arizona- ...--Mmcannis 21:53, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Outline this "Article"
This article, I believe started out focussed on the 'Medieval Scribe'.
Guess what: Folks-(Gals and Guys), the Cuneiform script scribes, and the Egyptian language scribes preceded them. Even the Mycenaean scribes were ahead of the Medieval scribes. take note. ..(from the SonoranDesert of Ariz.) -Mmcannis 06:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
