Question

One of these people complained, "It dims your eyes, makes your back ache, and knits your chest and belly together" about laboring in the scriptorium. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these men who might copy manuscripts while belonging to orders such as the Carthusians or Benedictines.
ANSWER: monks [accept Carthusian monks or Benedictine monks or lay brothers; prompt on clergy or priests or scribes]
[10m] This dynasty lends its name to a variant of Latin script used in many 8th century manuscripts. This dynasty was founded by Clovis I in 509.
ANSWER: Merovingian dynasty [accept Merovingian script]
[10h] Baghdad's House of Wisdom both copied manuscripts and made original work like this man's Al-Jabr. This Persian polymath spread Hindu numerals to the West and is the source of the word "algorithm."
ANSWER: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
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