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Advanced Obsolete Writing Tools Crossword Puzzle for High School is a hard crossword puzzle with 19 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Advanced Obsolete Writing Tools Crossword Puzzle for High School
Challenge your knowledge of specialized and historic terms related to obsolete writing tools with this hard crossword puzzle designed for high school students.
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  • 1. Accessory used historically to clean excess ink from pen nibs
  • 2. Ancient pointed instrument used for scratching letters on wax tablets
  • 3. Obsolete term once used for a pen nib sharpener or small blade
  • 5. Study of ancient handwriting and scripts
  • 6. Manuscript with original writing scraped off to reuse the parchment
  • 10. Notes or text written between the lines of a manuscript
  • 12. Reusable tablet with wax surface for writing with a stylus
  • 13. Name given to a type of historic metal pen nib design
  • 14. Short strip of parchment sometimes used to test pen nibs
  • 15. Sharp implement used for piercing parchment or inserting thread
  • 18. Container for holding ink, common before modern bottles
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  • 4. Feather shaft once widely used as a writing instrument
  • 7. Decorative, hand-painted illustrations in medieval manuscripts
  • 8. Historical term for a pen dipped repeatedly into ink to write
  • 9. Medieval room dedicated to manuscript copying and illumination
  • 11. Poem or text retraction, sometimes annotated in marginalia
  • 16. Early device that mechanically recorded writing pressure or strokes
  • 17. Obsolete tool to measure ink drying properties (technical writing)
  • 19. Metal tip of a fountain or dip pen used for writing
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