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The Holy Scripture is the well of Jacob from which
the waters are drawn which will be poured out later
in prayer. Thus there will be no need to go to the
oratory to begin to pray; but in reading itself,
means will be found for prayer and contemplation.
Not only did this oral aspect of manuscript culture deeply
affect the manner of composing and writing, but it meant that
writing, reading, and oratory remained inseparable until well
after printing.
The traditional lore of school children points to the gap
between the scribal and typographic man.
* The difference between the man of print and the man of
scribal culture is nearly as great as that between the