new texts were rewritten

55 thousand Greek, 30 thousand Armenian

XVII century was Nicholas Jarry [fr].

consists of the book itself

from a printed book, reproduction

antiquities. These are the Egyptian papyri

(palimpsests). In the XIII-XV centuries in

the best poets of his era and

By the end of the 15th century, 35

Since manuscripts are subject to deterioration

manuscripts held onto

Preserved about 300 thousand.

mostly in monasteries.

text carrier and protective