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Slovenia), Laurianne Kieffer (Musée de la Cour d’Or, Metz), Caroline Contents
Lenoir (Musée d’art et d’histoire de Langres), Tom Lucas (Musée
national d’histoire et d’art, Luxembourg), Zofia Matyjaszkiewicz
(Roman Roman Baths and Pump Room, Bath) Anne Marie Menta 1. Introduction to writing equipment 10
(Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale), Jana Möller- 2. Social aspects of literacy and writing 14
Schindler (Archäologischer Park Cambodunum), Christoph Öllerer
(Stadtarchäologie Wien), Agnese Pergola (Museo Nazionale Romano), 3. Roman writing techniques and materials 20
Fabienne Pietruk (Musée national d’histoire et d’art, Luxembourg), 4. Evidence for Roman writing equipment 25
Anna Pizza (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli), Béla Polyvas
(Kantonsarchäologie Aargau), Stéphanie Raux (INRAP), Ellen Riemer 5. Catalogue of writing equipment 32
(GDKE Landesmuseum Mainz), Heidi Rogy (Geschichtsverein 5.1 Utensils for writing: styli, pens and brushes 33
für Kärnten), Debora Schmid (Augusta Raurica), Maike Sieler
(Archäologischer Park Cambodunum), Bernd Steidl (Archäologische Stylus (stilus/graphium) 33
Staatssammlung München), Regula Steinhauser (Kantonsarchäologie Ink pen (calamus/harundo) 3 8
St. Gallen), Nino Švonja (Arheološki muzej u Splitu), Aurélie Thomas
(Musée de la Cour d’Or, Metz), Igor Van den Vonder (Gallo-Roman Brush (penicillus/penicillum) 42
Museum Tongeren), Sonja Vögtlin (Kantonsarchäologie Zürich), 5.2 Main materials for writing on and document types 45
Marquita and Serge Volken, Tracy Wellman (MOLA), Saskia Wetzig
(Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Skulpturensammlung), Ink tablet/leaf tablet (tilia) 45
Thomas Zühmer (GDKE Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier), Bernarda Stylus/wax tablet (tabula cerata/cera) 49
Zupanek (Mestni muzej Ljubljana).
Papyrus (papyrus/charta) 56
Parchment/vellum (membrana/pergamena) 5 9
Lead and other metal tablets 62
Other surfaces, objects and materials 65
5.3 Accessories 69
a) Writing with ink 69
Ink (atramentum/cinnabaris) and
inkwell (atramentarium) 6 9
Penknife (scalprum (librarium)) 72