Jammer Wrote:
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> Warwick,
>
> To such an extent that the carver/scribe not only
> blessed the person it was written for but himself
> for carving/writing it, yes?
>
> If I absorb this right, we have no equivalent
> concept in modern writing today, and this makes it
> a significant challenge to get one's mind around
> CK.


Sure it has a modern counterpart. There are all sorts of religious articles & prayers where the very act of writing/creating them imbues the creator with a blessing. For Christians the act of building & decorating a church is in itself veneration.