In his book A History of Writing, Steven Roger Fischer suggests, on the basis of finds at Saqqara, that the reed pen might well have been used for writing on parchment as long ago as the First Dynasty, or around 3000 BC. Reed pens continued to be used until the Middle Ages, but were slowly replaced by quills from about the 7th century. The reed ...

pen, tool for writing or drawing with a coloured fluid such as ink. The earliest ancestor of the pen probably was the brush the Chinese used for writing by the 1st millennium bce. The early Egyptians employed thick reeds for penlike implements about 300 bce.

2025年1月25日 · In this article, we are going to track the origin of pens and the early writing tools that paved the way for modern pen designs. 1. The Ancient Pen: The Reed Stylus and Reed Pen. 2. The Medieval Writing Tool: The Quill Pen. 3. The Portable and Self-Fuelling Pen: The Fountain Pen. 4. The Turning Point in Pen History: The Ballpoint Pen. 1.

2023年6月5日 · The history of pens dates back thousands of years, with the Egyptians credited for inventing the first pen with their reed pens around the fourth millennium BCE. These pens were made from a sharpened reed and used to write on papyrus scrolls, laying the groundwork for future writing instruments.

2022年1月26日 · Pens continue to be used and admired centuries ago, although these reusable ink pens are increasingly found only by collectors. The wide range of models continues to be used in many aspects of life: from the business sphere to the world of creativity and creation.

The history of pens started in Ancient Egypt, where scribes, trying to find replacements for styluses and writing in clay, invented reed pens. These pens were made from a single reed straw pointed at one end with a slit that led the ink to the point and left a mark on the papyrus.

2009年11月4日 · So, what were the first writing instruments, and how did they evolve over time? The First Pens. The first writing instruments were stylii, that is, sticks which were specially-shaped so as to press wedge-shaped characters into soft wax or clay tablets.