XCII.

Writing. Ars Scriptoria.

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The Ancients writ in _Tables done over with wax_ with a brazen _Poitrel_, 1. Veteres scribebant in _Tabellis ceratis_ æneo _Stilo_, 1. with the _sharp end_, 2. whereof letters were engraven and rubbed out again with the _broad end_, 3. cujus _parte cuspidata_, 2. exarabantur literæ, rursum vero obliterabantur _planâ_.

Afterwards they writ _Letters_ with a _small Reed_, 4. Deinde _Literas_ pingebant _subtili Calamo_, 4.

We use a _Goose-quill_, 5. the _Stem_, 6. of which we make with a _Pen-knife_, 7. Nos utimur _Anserina Penna_, 5. cujus _Caulem_, 6. temperamus _Scalpello_, 7. then we dip the _Neb_ in an _Ink-horn_, 8. which is stopped with a _Stopple_, 9. tum intingimus _Crenam_ in _Atramentario_, 8. quod obstruitur _Operculo_, 9. and we put our _Pens_, into a _Pennar_, 10. & _Pennas_ recondimus in _Calamario_, 10.

We dry a Writing with _Blotting-paper_, or _Calis-sand_ out of a _Sand-box_, 11. Siccamus Scripturam _Chartâ bibulâ_, vel _Arenâ scriptoria_, ex _Theca Pulveraria_, 11.

And we indeed write from the left hand towards the right, 12. the _Hebrews_ from the right hand towards the left, 13. Et nos quidem scribimus â sinistra dextrorsum, 12. _Hebræi_ â dextrâ sinistrorsum, 13. the _Chinese_ and other _Indians_, from the top downwards, 14. _Chinenses_ & _Indi_ alii, â summo deorsum, 14.