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Hajnal proceeds to another basic aspect:
There can be no doubt that one of the essential reasons
for the custom of dictation finds its explanation in the
fact that, before the era of printing, schools and scholars
had no adequate supply of texts. A manuscript book cost
much; the simplest way of getting them was for the
teacher to dictate the texts to his pupils. It is possible
that there were students who wrote by dictation texts for
commercial ends. Yes, in a certain degree, dictation would
have been a commercial affair, both on the part of the
student who wrote and sold the book and on the part of
the teacher who by this means was assured of a large
audience, and, by the same token, substantial revenue.
The manual was necessary to the student, not only so far
as it served for his university courses, but also because it