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Lost Tools of Historic Writing Arts
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  • 1. Name referring to ancient Roman stylus graffiti tools
  • 2. Plant stalk fashioned into an ink pen in antiquity
  • 4. A feather pen used before metal nibs became common
  • 6. Method of making marks on surfaces with sharp instruments
  • 8. Soft white material once used for writing on slate or boards
  • 9. Oil-based substance once used for preserving ink or pen parts
  • 11. Person who wrote manuscripts in ancient times, often with special tools
  • 12. Short for graffiti; ancient incised marks made by writing tools
  • 15. Small chalkboard used for writing lessons in the past
  • 17. Short for palimpsest; reused parchment written over with faded ink
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  • 3. Describe a pencil lead (historically called 'core') in old stylus forms
  • 5. Relating to pens with metal tips that replaced quills
  • 7. Burnt wood used as a drawing and writing medium before pencils
  • 10. Ancient instrument for inscribing on wax tablets
  • 13. Sealing material often used to smooth quill tips (alternative spelling: calk)
  • 14. Flexible tool with bristles once used for calligraphy
  • 16. Container holding liquid needed for dipping pens
  • 18. Sharp stone used in prehistoric engraving tools
  • 19. Leaf material early writers engraved upon in tropical regions
  • 20. Latin term for feather, basis for early writing tools

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