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Tutivillus Is Watching You

For medieval scribes, mistakes couldn’t be easily shrugged off, as Tutivillus, the stickler demon, was always looking over their shoulders.

By: Amelia Soth

https://daily.jstor.org/tutivillus-is-watching-you/

Medieval manuscripts at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=medieval+manuscripts

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Nov 13 at 10:49amWeb
Show threadfritzoidsNov 13

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I like the idea that the mistakes are the human's fault...
when I was in primary school they told us about a little devil that would sneak mistakes into writing. And that interpretation just takes away agency and makes it sound like you have less control over what you are writing... Much prefer to have my errors attributed to me.

Show threadPossumanthaNov 13
@gutenberg_org "you'll be wanting a smoking room then"
Show threadMikeNov 13
@gutenberg_org I think I need to have a little ceremony to politely show my own personal Tutivillus where the door is located 😏
Big universe, take a look around, Tuti...
Show threadMikeNov 13
@gutenberg_org But I should be proofreading before sending.
Show threadToddNov 13

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Wondering if Tutivillus is related to Autocorrectillus? 🤔😀