Scriptorium Images--the transmission technology by which Chaucer was preserved for us.

Gregory (later Pope Gregory, of "Gregorian chant" fame) copying sacred text; three monks working together (10th Century CE)--sacred writing and accuracy

Spanish Monastic Scriptorium--secular scribes working under supervision of a clerical armarius or "provisioner" at the Biblioteca de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, 14th Century