Stephen Greenblatt Quote
Vouchsafe, O Lord,21 to bless this workroom of Thy servants, declared the dedication of one scriptorium, that all which they write therein may be comprehended by their intelligence and realized in their works. But the actual interest of the scribes in the books they copied (or their distaste for those books) was strictly irrelevant. Indeed, insofar as the copying was a form of discipline—an exercise in humility and a willing embrace of pain—distaste or simple incomprehension might be preferable to engagement. Curiosity was to be avoided at all costs.
Stephen Greenblatt
Vouchsafe, O Lord,21 to bless this workroom of Thy servants, declared the dedication of one scriptorium, that all which they write therein may be comprehended by their intelligence and realized in their works. But the actual interest of the scribes in the books they copied (or their distaste for those books) was strictly irrelevant. Indeed, insofar as the copying was a form of discipline—an exercise in humility and a willing embrace of pain—distaste or simple incomprehension might be preferable to engagement. Curiosity was to be avoided at all costs.
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