Western Writing Implements in the Age of the Quill Pen

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205 pages 1990

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The standard work on the subject.
A comprehensive study of the tools of the scribe from the second quarter of the 6th century to the late 19th/early 20th centuries, including: the scribe's knife and its use in preparing the quill, mechanical quill-cutting, ink parchment and paper, the pounce pot or sander, Inkhorns, inkwell and standishes, the quill fountain pen, metallic pens, pencils and porte-crayons, seals and sealing.

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