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Why were medieval people so bad at drawing?

Bizarrely elongated? Abbo of Fleury’s 10th-century illustration of vikings arriving in Britain. Photograph: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images

Why were medieval people so bad at drawing? For example, figures are all bizarrely elongated and out of proportion, and there is no sense of depth.

Robert Matthews, Merseyside

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