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| St. Dominic of Silos by Bartolomé Bermejo |
History
Dominic was born in Spain. He
became a Benedictine monk, later leading his community as abbot. A king tried
to get Dominic to hand over some of the Benedictine property, but Dominic
refused. So the king exiled him to a different kingdom, where Dominic became
abbot of another community. There, he started a famous scriptorium – a special
room for copying out the Bible.
Activity
When Dominic was alive, the
printing press had not been invented yet. That meant that the only way to make
copies of the Bible was to write it out carefully by hand. Each page was
checked over and if there was even one mistake, the whole page would be burned.
This is how the Church made sure that every Bible was accurate. Today, choose a
story in the Bible (or just a verse for little ones) and copy it out by hand in
your very best handwriting. Imagine how long it would take to copy out the
whole Bible!
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