Literary note (auto-generated)
The term “scribe” in literature has been used in a variety of ways that reflect both its functional and symbolic roles. In many texts it denotes an official recorder or writer—for example, chronicling travels in historical accounts ([1], [2]) or recording decrees and administrative orders ([3], [4], [5]). At times the word is also employed more broadly to describe someone skilled in writing or a trusted messenger, as seen in folk tales where the scribe acts as an intermediary or advisor ([6], [7], [8]). Additionally, “Scribe” has sometimes been used as a proper name or a pseudonym for well-known writers and dramatists ([9], [10]), highlighting a dual legacy of the term as both a title of occupation and an artistic attribution. This breadth of usage emphasizes the enduring significance of the scribe as a guardian and transmitter of knowledge across various literary genres and historical contexts ([11], [12]).
- AT GENOA, THE SCRIBE WHO WROTE DOWN
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - AT GENOA, THE SCRIBE WHO WROTE DOWN THE TRAVELS.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - 197 This decree of the Marshal the Scribe will enter in the acts of the General Confederation, and the Apparitor will proclaim it.
— from Pan Tadeusz; or, The last foray in Lithuania by Adam Mickiewicz - He also made Seisan the scribe, and committed the command over the guards of his body to Benaiah; the son of Jehoiada.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus - Having no patrimony, he set out for Paris at an early age, to try his fortune as a public scribe.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay - “Then the black-coated scribe said, ‘I am sending this man away; see him safely off.’
— from Korean folk tales : by Pang Im and Yuk Yi - The scribe said, “I am afraid that there is no way for you to meet her alone, but if you would like to see even her face, I think I can manage it.
— from Korean folk tales : by Pang Im and Yuk Yi - “I know of no place,” said she, “unless it be at such and such a scribe’s home.”
— from Korean folk tales : by Pang Im and Yuk Yi - The reference is to a piece by Scribe (1791–1861).
— from On Love by Stendhal - Les --s , opéra en cinq actes, paroles de Scribe et d'E. Deschamps, musique de Meyerbeer (1836).
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann - where is the scribe?
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - Why, seeing that fate has appointed me to be ruler of an earthly paradise, did I prefer to bind myself in servitude as a scribe of lifeless documents?
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol