Pages served as their canvas, I am assuming this because based on the wording of said question I to had this. I believe it is referring
to the dark ages, where most monks wrote and preserved ancient pages.
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The credit for preserving the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans goes to the Christian monks in their monasteries. They recognized the value of the ancients' writings and preserved them as many of the ancient values were identical with Christianity's values.
During the Middle Ages, ancient and classical texts were primarily preserved by monks and scholars in monasteries and universities. These individuals painstakingly copied manuscripts by hand, ensuring that important works from antiquity were not lost to time. The efforts of these scribes played a crucial role in the preservation and transmission of knowledge from the classical world to future generations.
The earliest works of history also incorporated mythology
In the Renaissance, the classics consisted of ancient Greek and ancient Roman works of philosophy. It also included drama, history, and fiction works.
In the twelfth century, largely because of the work of Muslim and Jewish scholars, western Eroupe was introduced to the works of Aristotle.