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Such doubly written manuscripts are called palimpsests.
They produced finely written manuscripts and, later, printed books.
Before Gutenberg's printing press, monks laboriously produced written manuscripts and few people could read.
The first task in this endeavour was to record the oral traditions and collect the written manuscripts.
We forget that written manuscripts, letters and journals were once unique objects often containing clues about the writer and the context of when and how they were written.
But it is rare in formally written manuscripts, only gradually becoming more general until, in the 12th and 13th centuries, it is the most noticeable feature of even the most formal hands.
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