scrivening
Clerical writing work
Scrivening is the work of a scrivener—copying documents, drafting legal papers, or doing clerical writing.
The term is archaic, belonging to an era before typewriters and photocopiers when written documents had to be produced by hand.
It appears occasionally in historical or literary contexts: He earned his living by scrivening for lawyers.
Monastery manuscript workshop
- copyistDocument duplicator by hand
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- quillFeather used for writing
inkhorn · codex · folio · illumination · palimpsest · scroll · papyrus · engrosser
To grow vigorously
- nibPen's writing tip
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- swashWater flowing over ground
lettering · ornamental · italic · serif · filigree · engrossing · brushwork · blackletter
Arranged elements forming whole
- draftPreliminary version of text
- proseUnversified language
- authorshipOrigin of written work
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
text · storytelling · narrative · drafting · revision · editing · ghostwriting · copywriting
scriptorium
Monastery manuscript workshop
- copyistDocument duplicator by hand
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
quill · inkhorn · codex · folio · illumination · palimpsest · scroll · papyrus · engrosser · amanuensis
flourish
To grow vigorously
- nibPen's writing tip
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
swash · lettering · ornamental · italic · serif · filigree · engrossing · brushwork · blackletter · copperplate
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
- draftPreliminary version of text
- proseUnversified language
- authorshipOrigin of written work
wordsmith · text · storytelling · narrative · drafting · revision · editing · ghostwriting · copywriting
ledger
Financial record book
- registryOfficial record of entries
- logbookOfficial record of events
- chronicleOrdered historical record
accounts · minutes · documentation · journal · docket · filing · inventory · transcripts · catalogue · bookkeeping
scriveningauthorship
Origin of written work
original composition · creative writing · invention · composing · drafting
describe, script, description, prescription, describing, descriptive, manuscript, subscription, proscribe