medium · Enhanced ACT english
An art historian is writing about 'marginalia,' the small drawings found in the borders of medieval manuscripts. [1] These illustrations often featured bizarre or humorous scenes, such as snails fighting knights or rabbits hunting humans. [2] Scholars suggest these images served as a form of social commentary, subverting the serious religious texts they accompanied. [3] Others argue they were simply the bored doodles of monks tasked with the tedious work of copying books by hand.
Which choice best introduces the paragraph?
- Marginalia in medieval manuscripts offer a glimpse into the varied and often irreverent world of the scribe.
- Boredom can push people toward silly but ultimately meaningless doodles instead of serious study.
- Snails, rabbits, and knights recur constantly across the painted borders of many old manuscripts.
- Medieval monks preserved much of Western literature and art through their painstaking, diligent copying work.
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