Who? Me?
This is a manuscript image of St. Matthew writing his Gospel. From a 9th or 10th century bible: Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. 2. 16, fol. 28v. It's clear that not every scribe, in the middle ages, was an artistic genius. While my free-hand skills aren't anything to write home about, I think I could do a better job than this. It's clear proof that medieval scribes, and manuscripts, came in different skill levels.
Or, is it something more sinister?
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