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Mystical Implements of Past Scribes
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Feather-based pen popular before metal nibs
  • 2. Ancient tool used to inscribe wax tablets
  • 4. Greek term for an early writing tool
  • 6. Reed pen favored by Roman and Greek authors
  • 8. Instrument used to erase or correct wax tablets
  • 10. Carving tools once used to inscribe stone texts
  • 11. Writing instrument made from hollow plant stems
  • 12. Decorative feather turned into a writing instrument
  • 16. Fine powder used to prepare parchment for writing
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  • 3. Small container holding ink for dipping pens
  • 5. Ancient brooch sometimes doubled as a writing tool
  • 7. Historic term for silver writing stylus or pen
  • 9. Obsolete pen with a metal nib used in Spain
  • 13. Lead or metal stick used by ancient scribes
  • 14. Small portable board for writing with a stylus
  • 15. Early pen type dipped in ink for each stroke
  • 17. Early manuscript book formed of bound and written pages
  • 18. Rare pen that uses tension from a bow structure

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