Oh gosh, this takes me back. `De Laude Scriptorum' In praise of Scribes by Johannes Trithimeus, Abbotus of Spondheim Abbey, what now, something like 600 years

Oh gosh, this takes me back. `De Laude Scriptorum' In praise of Scribes by Johannes Trithimeus, Abbotus of Spondheim Abbey, what now, something like 600 years ago! A delightful and informative early book celebrating this most beautiful and ergonomically satisfying word machine ever made(1). The scratch of quill on vellum, is an itch scratched of divine satisfaction. This is the same Trithimeus who did the first book on Stegonography, absconded funds and stoled books to build up the library. There may be a free pdf out here somewhere. Parker, of the Parker Duofold fountain pen, whose quill recently quipped, "Writing with a ballpoint pen is like writing with a nail". We can mention here also Miller's Canticle For Liebowitz, with perennial novice Francis' inspired decades' dutiful inkish scrivening. (1)But we must also remember and keep things in perspective, those monk novices were not allowed to get their groove on Fender Stratocasters.