List the various aspects that affected the quality of source in the study of history.

The various aspects that affected the quality of sources in the study of history are:

a. Historians largely rely upon coins, inscriptions, architecture and textual records for information.
b. Over a period of time the n​umber and variety of textual records increased and has displaced other sources of information.
c. As paper became cheaper and widely available more holy books, chronicles, texts were written and proved to be a valuable source.
d. But they also posed a problem, for instance, manuscripts which provides a ​lot of detailed information to historians  are  difficult to use.
e. Scribes used to copy manuscrpits and made changes thus, the same text became substantially different for historians to study.
f. Original manuscripts of the original author are rarely found today.
g. Historians are dedependent on the copies made by scribes.
h. Chronicles as a source has also posed a problem as authors have revised the chronicles making it difficult for historians to identify the existence of the first version.

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