Jobs that no longer exist

Re:Jobs that no longer exist by ekianjo on Saturday October 15, 2016 @11:13AM (#12714218)

Scribes/Copiers are completely gone, too. Until printing was invented every copy of every book had to be done by hand, one by one. That's not a super recent change, but still not too far in History.

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Re:Jobs that no longer exist by dredmorbius on Saturday October 15, 2016 @12:44PM (#12714611)

The entire medieval bookmaking process, from velum and inks to lettering to illumination (illustrations) was fascinating. And extraordinarily expensive.

http://history.stackexchange.com/questions/21161/how-long-di...

Figure that a single book was 1/2 to 1/3 a man-year's labour, of rare and skilled talent. They were more bespoke jewelry than media, and often treated as such.

If you think about the falling costs, and increased access, to information over the span of centuries, it's staggering.

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