Writing material

The scribe Hildebert with his tools, mid-12th century

Writing materials are called in the Paläographie the materials and devices with which one wrote or else used when writing.

In addition to the ink , the colors and the actual writing instruments such as writing tube or quill these include things like a ruler or erasing . Typically, writing materials do not include the materials on which one wrote; these are called writing materials.

literature

• Christian Rohr : Historical auxiliary sciences. An introduction . Böhlau, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2015, ISBN 978-3-8252-3755-4 , pp. 131, 138-139 .

Web links

• Publications on writing materials in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii