inkhorn

• "Methinks I may find the inkhorn,--and there was some ink in it,--but as for writing-paper!--and I fear there shall be never a bit of parchment in the house. —  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
• John Bunyan describes the armed man who came up to the table, where the man with the book and the inkhorn was seated, and said: 'Set down my name.' —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.
• And, being minded to write, my inkhorn was hid from me, which I found, covered with a rag, and my pen quite gone. —  Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects
• Take pen and inkhorn, Gilbert. —  Puck of Pook's Hill
• Among the several things represented is an inkhorn, pair of scissors, etc. We also find a pair of spectacles, or pince-nez_--the glasses are large and round and framed in bone It was not until 1575 that Maurolicus, of Messina, pointed out the cause of near sightedness and far sightedness and explained how concave glasses corrected the former and convex glasses the latter defect In the wake of advanced, education stalks the spectacle age. —  Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891

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