Did scribes of important documents like the Magna Carta or Declaration of Independence ever make mistakes and need to start over?

by ch00f

Seeing how backspace is such a common convenience today, were there waste bins full of the "typo" versions of major documents? Or were people really that good at writing?

Searocksandtrees

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Meanwhile here are a few examples from various ages