Neil Kasarla

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And to make it clear how privileged a thing books were in their early days, think about how they had to be produced. They would be hand-copied by very specialized people with good penmanship. Consider how much it would cost to have one of the most educated people in your town spend a few years copying, say, the Bible, and you’ll have a good sense of how expensive early books were—something on the order of a decent house in today’s terms. So you can imagine that few people had access to touch them, much less the ability to read them.
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
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