Note 28 — Chapter IX · OTHER ITALIAN TOWNS
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A propos of manuscript copying, there was an anecdote current in Scriptoria concerning a brother who had sinned very constantly whilst in the flesh, and who was challenged by St. Peter at the Gate of Paradise. The tally at first seemed to go against the applicant, but at last it was found that he had been for some time a scribe; written letters were checked against sins, and the frater was found to have a small but sufficient balance in his favour.