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Vintage Quills and Obsolete Pens
Explore the world of forgotten writing tools, featuring long-lost quills, ancient inks, and vintage pens that shaped history.
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Across
- 1. Reusable writing surface coated with wax
- 2. Ancient spiked device sometimes used to mark parchment
- 3. Rare term for brushes made from bone for calligraphy
- 5. Pointed tool used to write on clay tablets
- 8. Bird feather used as an early writing instrument
- 9. Writing tool made from hollow reed stems
- 11. Small container used to hold ink for dipping pens
Down
- 4. Specific bird feather prized for medieval writing
- 6. Metal frames holding type for old printing presses
- 7. Ancient Egyptian wooden pen for hieroglyphs
- 10. Tool used to sharpen quills or scrape mistakes
- 12. Early type of pen nib crafted from iron
- 13. Pointed metal tip of a fountain or dip pen
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