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person who wrote or copied manuscripts
Intangible historical_profession Q916292
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Jean Le Tavernier · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

scribe is a historical profession[1]. scribe draws 1,357 Wikipedia views per month (historical_profession category, ranking #22 of 153).[2]

Key Facts

  • scribe's instance of is recorded as historical profession[3].
  • scribe's instance of is recorded as profession[4].
  • scribe is a type of amanuensis[5].
  • scribe's Commons category is recorded as Scribes[6].
  • scribe's patron saint is recorded as Catherine of Alexandria[7].
  • scribe's patron saint is recorded as Francis de Sales[8].
  • scribe's field of this occupation is recorded as copying[9].
  • scribe's field of this occupation is recorded as transcription[10].
  • scribe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scribes[11].
  • scribe's Commons gallery is recorded as Scribe[12].
  • scribe's depicted by is recorded as Ara of the Scribes[13].
  • scribe's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • scribe's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[15].
  • scribe's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[16].
  • scribe's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • scribe's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • scribe's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[19].
  • scribe's different from is recorded as scrivener[20].
  • scribe's uses is recorded as writing system[21].
  • scribe's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'كاتبة تدوينية'}[22].
  • scribe's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pisarka'}[23].
  • scribe's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'for krønikeskriver brug Q3330547'}[24].
  • scribe's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pisar'}[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include historical profession[3] and profession[4]. scribe is a type of amanuensis[5].

Influence

Things named for scribe include Schreiber[26], a family name[27].

Why It Matters

scribe draws 1,357 Wikipedia views per month (historical_profession category, ranking #22 of 153).[2] scribe has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] scribe is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for scribe include Schreiber[26], a family name[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Uses writing system
    Depicted by Ara of the Scribes
    Svkkl authority id h0007427-pisari
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007427-pisari, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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