Writing.
Ars Scriptoria.
[Illustration]
The Ancients writ
in _Tables done over with wax_
with a brazen _Poitrel_, 1.
Veteres scribebant
in _Tabellis ceratis_
æneo _Stilo_, 1.
with the _sharp end_, 2. whereof
letters were engraven
and rubbed out again
with the _broad end_, 3.
cujus _parte cuspidata_, 2.
exarabantur literæ,
rursum vero obliterabantur
_planâ_.
Afterwards
they writ _Letters_
with a _small Reed_, 4.
Deinde
_Literas_ pingebant
_subtili Calamo_, 4.
We use a _Goose-quill_, 5.
the _Stem_, 6. of which
we make
with a _Pen-knife_, 7.
Nos utimur _Anserina Penna_, 5.
cujus _Caulem_, 6.
temperamus
_Scalpello_, 7.
then we dip the _Neb_
in an _Ink-horn_, 8.
which is stopped
with a _Stopple_, 9.
tum intingimus _Crenam_
in _Atramentario_, 8.
quod obstruitur
_Operculo_, 9.
and we put our _Pens_,
into a _Pennar_, 10.
& _Pennas_
recondimus in _Calamario_, 10.
We dry a Writing
with _Blotting-paper_,
or _Calis-sand_
out of a _Sand-box_, 11.
Siccamus Scripturam
_Chartâ bibulâ_,
vel _Arenâ scriptoria_,
ex _Theca Pulveraria_, 11.
And we indeed
write from the left hand
towards the right, 12.
the _Hebrews_
from the right hand
towards the left, 13.
Et nos quidem
scribimus â sinistra
dextrorsum, 12.
_Hebræi_
â dextrâ
sinistrorsum, 13.
the _Chinese_ and other _Indians_,
from the top
downwards, 14.
_Chinenses_ & _Indi_ alii,
â summo
deorsum, 14.