Pens

The full text of the English translation, featuring recipes for artists' supplies, and instructions for techniques.

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This comprehens ive report represents a landmark in the publicatio n of medieval finds from excavation s in York. It encompasse s very large assemblage s of medieval artefacts of a wide variety of materials, including iron, non-ferrou s metal, stone, jet, amber, fired clay, glass and textile. These were recovered from four major sites in York.

The science behind products used for illumination: slaked plaster, quill pens, iron gall inks, carbon inks, paints, and eggs.

Leather cases, often cylindrica l, used to contain pens and other writing tools. These are sometimes depicted as worn on a belt, though sometimes they appear on a desk or hung on the wall. Includes 14th-16th century depictions , and a few extant examples.

Some broad guidelines for preparing and using quills for lettering. Continues with Part 2: Cutting a Quill Pen .

Manuscript production in Anglo-Saxon England.

A discussion group for SCA bookbinders and those interested in scribal sciences such as paper making, ink and pigment creation, pen and quill making, etc.

Depictions of writers & scriveners at work include scribal tools in context (including pens, inkhorns, penners, and writing-slopes); a few links to ink containers (inkhorns, inkwells, and inkstands), pens, pen-boxes, and writing-desks.

How did itinerant scribes of the Middle Ages and Renaissance carry their pens and ink supply with them? These scribes often carried their pens (i.e., quills), pen knife, and ink bottles by hanging them from their belts. The box that holds the pens and knife is called a penner, and the bottle of ink is the inkhorn. When was it used, how was it used, what was it made of, what did it look like, and what was inside the penner?

Making quill pens. Pen knives.

So you've picked up your first calligraph y pen. Before you start trying to learn to write a specific calligraph ic script, get comfortabl e with the pen. I'm going to start this post by discussing how and why using these pens is different from modern round-tipp ed pens, and then suggest some practice exercises that will help prepare you for calligraph ic scripts.

The quill pen was made from easily acquired materials and required only the simplest of equipment, basically a small sharp knife, in its manufacture.

Recommenda tions on modern products for the SCA calligraph er.