Show quills long in use quills are supposed to have been used for or writing pens pena in the fifth century 0 though the conjecture rests rest mainly afi on an anecdote of The theodoric Theodor lc king blag of the who being so illiterate that lie he could not write even the initials of his own name was provided with a plate diate of gold through which the letters were cut and this being placed on the paper when his bis signature was required he traced the letters with a quill the dote date ot of the earliest ertain account of tho the mod d ern writing pen Is cag the next notice occurs in the latter part pan of the so game me century to in a latin sonnet to u pen pea by Ald helm a saxon author steel pens were first made by wise in england in 1803 |