[Scriptoris] Writing Implement question

Donna Hufford dhufford at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 11 20:20:57 PST 2008


Mistress Stella,
Thanks so much. I knew someone in the Ansteorran Scribal community would
know.
S

 
on 1/11/08 1:42 PM, Estella Flather at eflather at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Greetings from Mistress Stella-
> Before graphite pencils, artists used charcoal pencils made by burning twigs
> of grape or hawthorne in a reduced oxygen environment. Parchment may be drawn
> on by a metal or wooden scribe, basically a sharpened stick. Silver point,
> which is drawing with a sharpened silver wire, was also sometimes used.
> In service, HE Stella
> 
> Donna Hufford <dhufford at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Greetings to those in the Scribal Community
> 
> I have found that Scribes have a broad and in depth knowledge of all things
> writing wise so I thought I would pose my question to you.
> 
> I have been wondering if there was anything comparable to a pencil in
> Medieval/Renaissance times. Did one always have to go for the quill and ink
> or was there a stylus type implement for scribes and artists.
> 
> Siobhan (just a painter)
> Northkeep
> 
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