Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 546
cefor the pen — probably a split reed, such as wasused by the Egyptian scribes for writing upontheir papyrus leaves. There is nothing wherebywe can determine the date of this stand, but thesimplicity of its design and decoration would suggest that it belonged to an early period, per-haps about 500… … AN OLD-TIME INK-HORN. A JAPANESE INK-STAND. exposing the ink only at one small opening inthe top, though these later ink-stands have theadvantage that they do not spill ink when over-turned. With this simplest form of ink-holder we mustclass the ink-horn, and the clay stand that hasa ring-handle…
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