copyist

1. A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

   Kopist, Kopistin

   someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

1. The monks became the copyists of the ancient manuscripts.

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2. They're not comparable — the original knocks the spots off the copyists.

   deDa lässt sich doch gar kein Vergleich ziehen: das Original ist den Nachahmern haushoch überlegen.

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