Information and IdeasVery hardEvidence for a claim about a manuscript's copyist
Information and Ideas practice question
A scholar argues that a medieval manuscript was copied by a scribe who could not read the language he was copying.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. The manuscript reproduces the shapes of the letters faithfully but breaks words in impossible places and copies a marginal note into the main text as if it were part of the sentence.Correct
- B. The manuscript is written on parchment.
- C. The scribe signed his name at the end.
- D. The manuscript contains several spelling errors.
Answer: A. The manuscript reproduces the shapes of the letters faithfully but breaks words in impossible places and copies a marginal note into the main text as if it were part of the sentence.
Shapes right, sense wrong.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The manuscript is written on parchment.
- Material says nothing about reading.
- C. The scribe signed his name at the end.
- A signature does not show comprehension.
- D. The manuscript contains several spelling errors.
- Spelling errors are common in literate scribes too.
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