"I am holding now in my hand Moten’s oldest manuscript, the...

"I am holding now in my hand Moten’s oldest manuscript, the History he scribed throughout his life. The edges of the bits of vellum and parchment that he sewed together into this makeshift book are ragged and irregular. He made this thing of his own labor, out of what was left behind when the true manuscripts were made. Remnants and rags made up his book."
— from the novel Sinful Folk