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'''Scribe''' (or ''Scrivener'') is an ancient profession, a person who could read and write. This usually indicated secretarial and administrative duties such as dictation and keeping business, judicial, and history records for rulers such as [[monarch|kings]], [[nobility]], [[temples#religion|temples]], and [[cities]]. Later the profession developed for example into [[public servants]], [[accountants]], and [[lawyers]].

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==See also==

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* ''Main'' : [[Worshipful Company of Scriveners]], [[List of professions]], [[Peer-to-peer]], [[Elder (religious)|Elder ]], [[Sofer ST"M|Sofer]]

* [[Scrivener]]

* ''People'' : [[Michael William Balfe]], [[Muhammad]], [[John Barbour]], [[Ibn Warraq]], [[Baruch]], [[Sidney Rigdon]], [[John Milton]], [[Beowulf]], [[Margery Kempe]]

* ''Other'' : [[Anglo-Norman language]], [[Irish poetry]], [[Uncial]], [[Mail]], Melville's short story [[Bartleby the Scrivener]]

==External links==