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1. www.library.illinois.edu › rbx › 2020/02/12Making Quills Part 1: Curing – Rare Book and Manuscript ...

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   Feb 12, 2020 · In this post I will cover curing a quill with sand and curing a quill in the microwave. Please note that there are many methods for curing a quill with sand. Some people prefer to use the stove while others use the oven, it may take some experimentation for you to find your preferred set up.

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3. medievalwritings.atillo.com.au › tools › quillThe Quill Pen - medievalwritings.atillo.com.au

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   The quill pen was a fragile and imperfect instrument, and sometimes failed on the job. In the example at right, you can see how the writing deteriorates over several lines, becoming scratchy and messy as the scribe has some kind of pen issue.

4. historyfacts.com › science-industry › articleWe Tried Writing With a Quill, and Here’s What We Learned

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   Though the quill pen was the primary writing implement for more than 1,500 years, it’s an awkward tool for a modern writer to learn to use. Thankfully, hand-cut goose quills and iron gall ink are readily available online for the curious scribe to purchase.

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5. www.sofer.co.uk › kulmusThe kulmus (quill) and how to cut it - Sofer

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   All about the kulmus (quill) used by a sofer (Jewish scribe) and the stages involved in cutting a quill, with pictures and descriptions of the process.

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6. gilbertredman.com › medievalmanuscripts › codicologyScriptorium: Tools – Medieval Manuscripts - Gilbert Redman

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   Did you catch the important tool used to shape the pen? This tool is called a penknife, and it is often seen in illuminated scenes of scribes at work. Check out some examples here and see if you can spot all of the penknives. These knives were not only used to shape quills, however.

7. medievalwritings.atillo.com.au › toolsTools and Materials - Atillo

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   Illuminators mixed their own paints and used gold leaf for gilding. Scribes are usually depicted in the illustrations in medieval manuscripts seated at a sloping desk equipped with ink horns, holding a quill pen in one hand and their small knife in another.

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   Can a scribe use a quill pen?

   • Though the quill pen was the primary writing implement for more than 1,500 years, it’s an awkward tool for a modern writer to learn to use. Thankfully, hand-cut goose quills and iron gall ink are readily available online for the curious scribe to purchase.

   We Tried Writing With a Quill, and Here’s What We Learned

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   Why do scribes use quills?

   • Their use and creation were a basic part of the scribe’s daily work and the quill is usually regarded to be the symbol of the scribal trade. Typically, medieval quills were taken from geese or swans. The best feathers for making a quill are the first five flight feathers, or primaries.

   Making Quills Part 1: Curing – Rare Book and Manuscript Library – U of

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   How did a scribe Gild a manuscript?

   • Illuminators mixed their own paints and used gold leaf for gilding. Scribes are usually depicted in the illustrations in medieval manuscripts seated at a sloping desk equipped with ink horns, holding a quill pen in one hand and their small knife in another.

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   Why did a quill pen fail?

   • The quill pen was a fragile and imperfect instrument, and sometimes failed on the job. In the example at right, you can see how the writing deteriorates over several lines, becoming scratchy and messy as the scribe has some kind of pen issue. Vellum being the expensive stuff that it was, the page was not discarded.

   The Quill Pen - medievalwritings.atillo.com.au

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   What is a quill pen?

   • A traditional quill pen consists of a feather that has been trimmed to around 9 inches long, had its shaft stripped of barbs, and had the inside and outside of the hollow barrel cleaned of membrane and wax. The quill is then dried, typically by curing it in sand, and the tip is shaped into a nib with a channel split (cut) to hold the ink.

   We Tried Writing With a Quill, and Here’s What We Learned

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   How was a quill pen made?

   • The quill pen was made from easily acquired materials and required only the simplest of equipment, basically a small sharp knife, in its manufacture. The quill and the knife were the all purpose kit for production and maintenance. And while the scribe might have to do regular running repairs, he never got a General Protection Fault.

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9. www.gresham.ac.uk › watch-now › making-medievalThe Making of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts - Gresham College

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   May 2, 2012 · Eadwine holds the essential tools of all scribes: a quill pen, in his right hand (the majority of medieval scribes are depicted as right-handers) which Theophilus, the Benedictine author of an early 12th-century technical treatise, De Diversis Artibus (On Divers Arts), recommends cutting from the sturdy wing feather of a goose, and a knife, in ...