Tag: Greek

Dineshchandra Sircar and Isidore of Seville – Bibek Debroy

As is only to be expected, ink is older than pens, not to speak of fountain pens.  Across old civilizations, India, Egypt, China, Rome, ink was used, based on lamp-black and pigments with plant, animal and mineral origins.  The history of those experiments and innovations is often forgotten. Something like

 

VENUS DE MILO Limited Edition from Montegrappa

Her beauty is a monument to human artistry; her discovery, a testament to human curiosity. Two centuries after her unearthing, the magnificent Venus de Milo is the centrepiece of a new work of Montegrappa Ultimate Craft. She is a gift from the past: a goddess carved from marble …for many,