During the Tudor era (1485 - 1603) quils were not romanticized like in popular culture, they were a effectively a feather chopped down to the size of a pencil. Writing was done on velum which is calf skin and was always written on an angle similar to what a modern cartoonist uses became gravity would pull the ink down so the writer needed their hand to be nearly horizontal on a 45 degree angel. After having written, material would then goto another specialist who would embolden the text with met...
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