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  2. Reed pen - Wikipedia

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    Although quill pens had largely replaced reed pens by medieval times, from time to time the powerful strokes produced by the reed pen have been preferred by modern artists. [6] Until the end of the 19th century, most art was commissioned by wealthy patrons or by institutions such as the church.

  3. Kalamos - Wikipedia

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    Similar words can be found in Sanskrit (कलम kalama, meaning "reed" and "pen" as well as a type of rice), Hebrew (kulmus, meaning quill) and Latin (calamus) as well as the ancient Greek Κάλαμος (Kalamos). The Arabic word قلم qalam (meaning "pen" or "reed pen") is likely to have been borrowed from one of these languages in antiquity.

  4. Quill - Wikipedia

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    Ink bottle and quill. As with the earlier reed pen (and later dip pen), a quill has no internal ink reservoir and therefore needs to periodically be dipped into an inkwell during writing. The hand-cut goose quill is rarely used as a calligraphy tool anymore because many papers are now derived from wood pulp and would quickly wear a quill down.

  5. Nib (pen) - Wikipedia

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    The quill replaced the reed pen across Europe by the Early Middle Ages and remained the main writing tool of the West for nearly a thousand years until the 17th century. . Quills are fashioned by cutting a nib into the end of a feather obtained from a fairly large bird, such as a goose, traditionally from its left

  6. Pen - Wikipedia

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    A luxury pen. A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. [1] Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, dip pens and ruling pens held a small amount of ink on a nib or in a small void or cavity that had to be periodically recharged by dipping the tip of the pen into an inkwell.

  7. Qalam - Wikipedia

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    Qalams as used in calligraphy. A qalam (Arabic: قلم) is a type of reed pen.It is made from a cut, dried reed, and used for Islamic calligraphy.The pen is seen as an important symbol of wisdom in Islam, and references the emphasis on knowledge and education within the Islamic tradition.