The researchers suspect that the copy of the gospel was created as a writing exercise in a monastery or school, possibly by a monk training to become a scribe. "In the case of our papyrus ...

To wit: The original Archimedes scrolls are lost, but fortunately unknown persons copy them down at least once beforehand onto other papyrus scrolls. A scribe working in Constantinople handwrites ...

The numeracy of the Egyptians, honed by works like the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, was widely admired across the ancient world. Plato, for example, urged the Greeks to copy the Egyptians ...