Question

Why were manuscripts so expensive in the early fifteenth century?

A.
the printing press was very costly to use

B.
ink was very expensive and very scarce

C.
it took a very long time to copy the text

D.
the purchase tax the government charged was very high

Answer 1

no one would answer on history

Answer 2

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120927144555AAYXdik

Answer 3

C?

Answer 4

everyone is on a computer, but no one has heard of google
weird

Answer 5

@satellite73 what?????

Answer 6

Is it C? Can you say yes or no?

Answer 7

Are you going to help or not

Answer 8

@jessiegonzales

Answer 9

@AccessDenied

Answer 10

@caitlinnr14

Answer 11

@HannahLovesYouAllot

Answer 12

Woah, how did you know I was good at history?

Answer 13

I didn't

Answer 14

I just typed a bunch of names

Answer 15

I agree the answer is C.
since manuscripts were hand written they were more expensive

Answer 16

Ok thanks @jessiegonzales

Answer 17

Yeah, before the printing press, the Europeans would write on animal skin, which takes a while to write on so I think the answer would be C also.

Answer 18

Thanks both of you :)

Answer 19

Don't know why they didn't just ask China for paper, buuuut they didn't.

Answer 20

Your welcome!