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Manuscripts were copied by hand because there was no:

APublic library
BPrinting press
CPaper factory
DInk or brush
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Printing press
1. Scribes introduced small changes while copying. 2. There was no printing press. 3. Copies of the same text came to differ. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 1, Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years._
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