| The first primitive type of paper were clay tablets | | | | paper that we are familiar with today. |
| that were engraved with the help of a straw, the | | | | The first writing instrument with a point similar to a |
| forerunner of the pen, cut diagonally in such a way | | | | nib, made from a papyrus stem, was created during |
| to leave a mark on the soft, wet surface of the clay | | | | the antique Greek civilization. This pen with a nib was |
| that in a second phase would then be dried so that | | | | constructed by first drying a papyrus stem and then |
| the lines previously engraved would become | | | | cutting it on one side in such a way that the point (a |
| imprinted. | | | | flute's mouth) results split in two from one opening |
| Overlooking this interesting part of our past, the true | | | | so that the pen obtained had a better result in |
| history of the pen begins with the invention of the | | | | respect to that of the reed used by the Egyptians, |
| paper made from papyrus thanks to the skilled | | | | even though it's correct use required much practice |
| Egyptian people. This introduction generated a | | | | with the instrument. |
| significant change which was dictated from the | | | | With the introduction of parchment paper, the goose |
| intrinsic characteristics of the papyrus paper that | | | | feather pen surpassed that of the reed (straw) given |
| demanded ink in order to leave legible marks, and | | | | it's strength and flexibility. From the 16th century, this |
| lines. The Egyptian scribes learned to fabricate red | | | | kind of writing instrument was commonly used |
| and black ink by mixing soot and oxidized iron with | | | | thanks also to the introduction of paper. The feather |
| water and glue. In order to write with this tenacious, | | | | that became individualized as the most suitable for |
| yet elementary ink, the scribe would submerge the | | | | writing was the most external one of the right wing |
| point of a reed that by capillary action was able to | | | | of the bird, that is then naturally turned to embrace |
| absorb a small quantity of ink, enough to allow | | | | the hand of who holds it. The process of making the |
| several characters to be written. This action was | | | | goose feather pen that was introduced by the Dutch |
| then repeated numerous times until the scribe | | | | was composed of two phases: during the first phase, |
| completed his work: a task that followed writing | | | | the feather was buried for a short time under a layer |
| through history until the end of the 19th century. | | | | of fine and very warm sand in order to dry it's inner |
| The evolution of the pen was a direct result of the | | | | and external membrane; and then, it was immersed in |
| development of the accessories of writing: from | | | | a boiling solution of alum or nitric acid to strengthen |
| utilizing papyrus to parchment, and finally to the | | | | the feather for future use. |