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Hi, everyone.
In this lesson, we will see various traditional writing implements.
The term “categories” indicates “writing implements and materials”, “objects” indicates “writing implements and materials”. Individual physical instances of writing implements and materials are not the objects to cover.
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Categories[edit | edit source]
| writing implement | place of origin | time of origin | material | image and video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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c. 8000 BC | Mesopotamia | clay | |
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Mesopotamia | c. 8000 BC | reed or bone or metal | |
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Egypt | 3rd millennium BC | pith of the papyrus | |
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Eastern Meditteranea | 14th century BC | wood, wax | |
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China | 12th century BC | soot, animal glue | |
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China | late Shang period (c. 1250 BC – c. 1050 BC) | bone | |
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China | Spring and Autumn period (c. 770 BC – c. 481 BC) | silk | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Silk_manuscripts |
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Indian subcontinent | 5th century BC | palm leaf | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palm-leaf_manuscripts |
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China | 5th century BC | bamboo | |
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Egypt | 4th century BC | reed | |
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China | c. 300 BC | bamboo, hair | |
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Britain | Roman Britain period (43 – 410) | metal | |
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Mesoamerica | 75 | mulberry pulp | |
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China | 105 | pulp | |
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Eastern Mediterranea | before 400 | skin | |
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Western Mediterranea | 6th century | flight feather | |
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Indian subcontinent | 11th century | slate | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Slates_(blackboards) |
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Indian subcontinent | 11th century | chalk | |
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Great Lakes of North America | 16th century | birch bark | |
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Britain | 1770 | rubber | |
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Britain | 1875 | hemp, rag | |
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Western Europe | 18th century | graphite, wood | |
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France | 1822 | metal, plastics or metal | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pencil_sharpeners |
Objects[edit | edit source]
| writing implement | place of origin | time of origin | material | image and video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Huzhou | Qin period (221 BC – 206 BC) | ||
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Nepal | 1st century | Daphne bark | |
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Northern Vietnam | 3rd century or 13th century | Rhamnoneuron bark, limewater | |
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Jingxian | Tang period (618 – 907) | bark of Pteroceltis tatarinowii | |
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Xuancheng | Jin period (256 – 420) | rabbit hair | |
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Manila | 19th century | Manila hemp, pulpwood | |
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Arabia | reed | ||
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