1. Breaking Into Print Before and After the Invention of the Printing Press parchment quill scribes manuscripts tinkered

2. parchment Animal skin, usually from sheep or goats, that is made into a tough translucent paper for writing. A French monk sat hunched over a parchment page. The ancient diary was written on parchment.

3. quill A hollow wing or tail feather used for writing He dipped a goose quill in some ink and began to write. A quill dipped in ink was an early kind of pen.

4. scribes People who copy manuscripts or books by hand His scribes, however, created a new script that made writing easier to understand. Scribes, or people who copied manuscripts, were very important to the community long ago.

5. manuscripts Books or papers written by hand The risk of fire from candles posed too great a danger to their precious manuscripts. Original manuscripts of early books are very rare and valuable. http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/diamond.html

6. tinkered Worked in a clumsy or unskilled way Melissa Lape Wilson Elementary Over the next few years, Guttenberg tinkered with the printing process. My father tinkered with the car, but he wasn’t able to fix it.

7. Breaking Into Print - Vocabulary Review - parchment_ quill_ scribes_ manuscripts_ tinkered_ D. Animal skin, usually from sheep or goats, that is made into a tough translucent paper for writing. A. A hollow wing or tail feather used for writing B. People who copy manuscripts or books by hand C. Worked in a clumsy or unskilled way E. Books or papers written by hand