About this object
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ID:
11112
Production date:
Medieval; 13th-14th century
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Location:
In Store
Bone pen, probably made from a goose radius. The bone has been obliquely cut to create a pointed end for writing. Professional scribes, merchants and clerks who travelled in the course of their work carried their own pens in a leather pen case, and a portable inkhorn which could be slung around the neck or from a girdle. Deep blue-black ink was made by mixing oak gall tannin with iron salts and gum arabic.
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Measurements
L 133 mm; W 10 mm (overall)
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Materials
bone
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Last Updated
2023-12-22
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