Question

WHAT DIFFICULTIES DO U THINK THE HISTORINS FACED WHILE USING MANUSCRIPTS?

Answer 1

Manuscripts were awkward to handle.
They were fragile.
They could not be carried around or read easily.

Answer 2

Difficulties faced by historians in using manuscripts:-

(i) There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied manuscripts by hand which were difficult to read and understand.

(ii) During copying, scribes also introduced small changes in a word or sentence which grew over centuries of copying.