Medieval scribes made copies of manuscripts. In the Middle Ages, all books were made by hand. Specially trained monks carefully cut sheets of parchment, made the ink, wrote the scripts, bound the pages, and created the covers.
Most of these activities were carried out in a scriptorium, a room which was usually kept quiet for better concentration. Large scriptoriums could house about 40 scribes.
medieval scribes began work with the morning bells before dawn and worked until the evening – making a lunch break in between. The main purpose of their work was to promote the ideas of the Christian Church.