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I've seen paintings in history books of monks writing books BY HAND during the Dark Ages - what did the monks do if they made a mistake? Pictures I've been able to find make these hand-written tomes look perfect. Did they have some version of whiteout, or were they just really careful?

by /u/NobleCypress in /r/AskHistorians

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