bōc-blæc

bōc-blæc, n.n: ink. (BOAK-BLACK / ˈboːk-ˌblæk)

Medieval manuscript image of the psalter author writing in a book at a desk, a feather in his hand, with an ink horn beside him.
Stuttgart Psalter; France (Paris), c. 820; Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod. Bibl. fol. 23, f. 1v. [digital.wlb-stuttgart.de]

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