ātrāmentārium, -ī [2/n]: inkstand; inkwell
ātrāmentum, -ī
[2/n]: ink
calamus, -ī [2/m]:
(CL) [i] a reed; cane [ii] an object made of reed [iii] (New Latin) pen
circinus, -ī [2/m]:
pair of compasses
crēta, -ae [1/f]:
chalk
globus, -ī [2/m]:
globe
pigmentum, -ī [2/n]:
paint; pigment; dye
rēgula, -ae [1/f]:
ruler
stilus, -ī [2/m]: a
stylus or pencil used for writing on wax tablets; stilus plumbātus: (New Latin)
pencil; also: plumbum, -ī [2/n]: (CL) lead but, judging but the remarks below,
could also refer to drawing lines with some form of lead writing tool:
Referring
(disparagingly) to another poet, Catullus describes the physical appearance of
the poems: “regal paper, new boards, new bosses, straps, red parchment, ruled
with the lead and smoothed off with the pumice”; ruled with lead: dērēcta plumbō
tabula, -ae [1/f]:
wax-covered tablet for writing
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