- Scribe
- Ancient Egyptian Sesh. The title designates a literate man as well as a profession. The scribe was the essential backbone of the Egyptian administration and was essential for the the country to run smoothly. The range of tasks of a scribe varied from humble village scribes to key members of the elite. While general education was limited, scribal schools were believed to be attached to the temples and the court, although many scribes would have learned their skill from their fathers or relatives. It was rare but not impossible for a member of the nonscribal classes to join their ranks. Many high officials style themselves scribe to indicate their literacy, although presumably they left the writing of administrative documents to their underlings. The scribes tended to regard themselves as superior to the bulk of the population, as reflected in the The Satire on Trades.Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier
Ancient Egypt. A Reference Guide. EdwART. 2011.
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scribe — [ skrib ] n. m. • 1365 sens 3; lat. scriba « greffier », de scribere « écrire » 1 ♦ Anciennt Homme dont le métier était d écrire à la main. ⇒ copiste, écrivain (public), greffier. « Toute loi écrite est déjà périmée. Car la main du scribe est… … Encyclopédie Universelle
SCRIBE (E.) — SCRIBE EUGÈNE (1791 1861) Fils d’un marchand drapier de la rue Saint Denis, Eugène Scribe ne vient au théâtre que par goût du vaudeville, qui le détourne d’une carrière d’avocat où le poussent ses parents. Il débute au théâtre des Variétés avec… … Encyclopédie Universelle
scribe — [skrīb] n. [ME < L scriba, public writer, scribe, in LL(Ec), doctor of the Jewish law < scribere, to write < IE * skeribh < base * (s)ker , to cut, incise > SHEAR] 1. a professional penman who copied manuscripts before the… … English World dictionary
Scribe — steht für: Eugène Scribe, ein französischer Dichter Scribe (Multicast), eine Application Level Multicast Infrastruktur … Deutsch Wikipedia
Scribe — Scribe, v. i. To make a mark. [1913 Webster] With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. A. M. Mayer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scribe — Scribe. s. m. Parmy les Juifs on appelloit Scribes, Ceux qui escrivoient la loy de Moyse & l interpretoient au peuple. Les Scribes & les Pharisiens. On appelle Scribe, par raillerie, Un homme qui gagne sa vie à escrire, à copier. C est un bon, un … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Scribe — (skr[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribed} (skr[imac]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribing}.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scribe — (skr[imac]b), n. [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. ska rifos a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), E. scarify. Cf. {Ascribe}, {Describe}, {Script}, {Scrivener}, {Scrutoire}.] 1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scribe — ► NOUN 1) historical a person who copied out documents. 2) informal, often humorous a writer, especially a journalist. 3) Jewish History a Jewish record keeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist. 4) (also scriber or scribe awl) a… … English terms dictionary
Scribe — Scribe, Augustin Eugène, geb. 24. Dec. 1791 in Paris, studirte Jurisprudenz, wandte sich aber bald der dramatischen Poesie zu, namentlich dem Vaudeville, aus dem er ein neues Genre schuf (s.u. Vaudeville); seit 1820 wurden diese Stücke zunächst… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Scribe — Scribe, Eugène, franz. Theaterdichter, geb. 24. Dez. 1791 in Paris, gest. daselbst 20. Febr. 1861, widmete sich anfangs dem Studium der Rechte, betrat aber bald die Laufbahn des dramatischen Dichters. Sein erstes Stück, das er in Gemeinschaft mit … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon