Preferred label

Quill                

Alternative label

Scope note

A writing implement made by shaping the cleaned tip of a feather.         

Parent concept

Tools and equipment        

uh-linked-data/concept/612        

Related concept  

Iron gall ink       

uh-linked-data/concept/204

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT  

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/403