About this object
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ID:
A28570
Production date:
late 15th -early 16th century
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Location:
In Store
Portable horn inkwell with two holes at the rim for suspension. It is decorated on the base with the figure of Virgin Mary and on the sides with figures of saints. 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
H 48 mm; DM 36 mm
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Materials
horn
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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