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Cryptic Codices and Papyrous Scripts is a hard crossword puzzle with 19 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Cryptic Codices and Papyrous Scripts
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Clay or wax platform for early cuneiform or ephemeral notes
- 2. Earliest printed texts, named for cradle of printing era
- 3. Protective layer sometimes applied atop delicate ancient texts
- 4. Tiny paintings and scripts densely adorning manuscripts
- 5. Broken pottery flakes used as informal writing scraps
- 8. Fragrant timber sometimes carved for inscription tablets
- 10. Engraving method for incising text onto metal or stone
- 12. Leather wrap protecting fragile manuscript contents (archaic term)
- 13. Ancient Nile-grown substrate for scribed hieroglyphs
- 15. Bound manuscript books supplanting scrolls in antiquity
- 16. Inscribed charm believed to hold magical script powers
- 18. Stacked stone markers occasionally doubling as inscription surfaces
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- 6. Luxurious calfskin once preferred by medieval scribes
- 7. Solid pigment ground to create traditional writing ink
- 9. Erased writing substrate recycled with newer ink traces
- 11. Natural scroll medium favored in northern eurasian cultures
- 14. Primitive black medium marking surfaces before inks
- 17. Rolled treatise precursor to the codex format
- 19. Upright inscribed stone slab commemorating events or laws
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