Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 300
no mordant, andwas readily obliterated by moisture, it could be used for writingupon ivory tablets; and it has been conjectured that some sortsof paper were covered with a wash, or varnish, to facilitate thedischarge of the old writing, and render the paper serviceable asecond time. Red ink was… … TABULiB, CALAMUS, AND PAPYEUS. how manuscripts wereread, rolled up at each end, so as to show only the column ofwriting upon which the student was intent. At the other side isa purse, or bag, to hold the reed, penknife, and other writing in-struments. The next cut represents, besides a set of…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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