-- The Invention that

Turned the page (literally) --

Critical Thinking:

 Why did the Renaissance knowledge advance in

a slow manner?
Task: Writing as they used to
 Copy the Text below in your notebook, word by word and record the time, you
have to make the letter as fancy as possible:

 Scriptorium, writing room set aside in monastic communities for the use of
scribes engaged in copying manuscripts. Scriptoria were an important feature of
the Middle Ages, most characteristically of Benedictine establishments because
of St. Benedict’s support of literary activities. All who worked in scriptoria,
however, were not monks; lay scribes and illuminators from outside the monastic
foundation reinforced the clerical scribes.
Critical Thinking:

 After you completed the exercise debate and answer

 Why did the Renaissance knowledge advance in a slow manner?

What ideas can be extracted from the
song?

Works on the lyrics provided by your

teacher-