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CONTENTS.

• I. GENESIS OF INK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
• II. ANTIQUITY OF INK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
• III. CLASSICAL INK AND ITS EXODUS . . . . . . . 31
• IV. CLASSICAL INK AND ITS EXODUS(Continued) . . 45
• V. REVIVAL OF INK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
• VI. INK OF THE WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
• VII. EARLY MEDIÆVAL INK . . . . . . . . . 72
• VIII. MEDIÆVAL INK. . . . . . . . . . . . 82
• IX. END OF MEDIÆVAL INK . . . . . . . . . 90
• X. RENAISSANCE INK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
• XI. ANCIENT INK TREATISES . . . . . . . . . . . 102
• XII. STUDY OF INK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
• XIII. STUDY OF INK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
• XIV. CLASSIFICATIONS OF INK . . . . . . . . . . 131
• XV. OFFICIAL AND LEGAL INK. . . . . . . . . . . 137
• XVI. ENDURING INK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
• XVII. INK PHENOMENA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
• XVIII. INK CHEMISTRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
• XIX. FRAUDULENT INK BACKGROUNDS . . . . . . . . 177
• XX. FUGITIVE INK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
• XXI. ANCIENT AND MODERN INK RECEIPTS. . . . . . 188
• XXII. INK INDUSTRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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• XXIII. CHEMICO-LEGAL INK. . . . . . . . . . . . 217
• XXIV. CHEMICO-LEGAL INK (Continued) . . . . . . 237
• XXV. INK UTENSILS OF ANTIQUITY. . . . . . . . . 245
• XXVI. INK UTENSILS (Quill PEN v. Steel Pen) . . 254
• XXVII. SUBSTITUTES FOR INK UTENSILS ("Lead" and other Pencils). . . 261
• XXVIII. ANCIENT INK BACKGROUNDS (The Origin of Papyrus). . . . . 272
• XXIX. ANCIENT INK BACKGROUNDS (Parchment and Vellum). . 281
• XXX. MODERN INK BACKGROUNDS (True Paper). . . . . . . 295
• XXXI. MODERN INK BACKGROUNDS (Wood Paper and "Safety" Paper). . . . 308
• XXXII. CURIOSA (Ink and other Writing Materials) . . . . . . . 322