Assertion: manuscript | /r/HasProperty | commissioned by ruler
Facets:
value: for their own personal use
type: PURPOSE
value: as diplomatic gifts
type: MANNER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the early period
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the early period manuscripts were often commissioned by rulers for their own personal use or as diplomatic gifts, and many old manuscripts continued to be given in this way, even into the Early Modern period.