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Leaving the noise and traffic of Euston Road and going through the walkway into the calm of the courtyard of the British Library.
The purpose of the visit was to see the exhibition 'Writing - making your mark' which traces the history of writing from 5,000 years ago to modern day and predicts future developments. It was fascinating. I took a couple of pics of the exhibits - not ideal lighting of course - spot lighting onto glass display cases means reflections and shadows in photographs. But they are the 'extras', if you are interested. The first is of interest partly because it comes from East Anglia - it is the 'Gorleston Psalter' - handwritten in about 1310-24. Although a serious subject, the illustrator had fun with decoration of the top of the page - a procession, not of clergy, but rabbits and dogs! The second one dates from about 1650-80 and is English. It is a pocket pen set - a leather pouch (only about 3-4 inches long) in two parts which would have been worn on a belt, containing a quill, a small penknife for shaping same, a miniature inkwell (presumably with ink in) and a small box of 'pounce' - the powder used to dry the ink on the page. We could imagine Samuel Pepys having such a pouch handy to write his diary notes!