A professional copyist. A notary. A clerk. A penman.
"For some years now she had had scriveners at work on the thousand copies of the Lotus Sutra that were to be her final offering to the Blessed One. They had their studios at Nijo, which she still thought of as home. Now the work was finished, and she made haste to get ready for the dedication."
Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji (11th Century).
[Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker.]
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