Bookstaff

//ˈbʊkˌstæf//

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Brother Ormin cautions transcribers to follow his spelling exactly —And tat he looke well that he (And that he look well that he), An bookstaff write tweis (A letter write twice), Eywhere then it upo this book (Wherever then it upon this book) Is written o that wise (Is written on that wise), For he ne may nought elles (For he may not else) On English writen right te word (In English write right the word).

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As the “bookstaff” had vanished before the littera, another substance had to be employed for the purpose of writing, and the skins of animals, properly prepared and called bók fell, or book skins, appeared.

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This is Aleph, says Isaac; the first bookstaff in the grammatic.

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This place of endearment! How it is clear! How they cast their spells upon, the fronds that thereup float, the bookstaffs branchings!

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