2. Page Marker
4. Seals
5. Rowels
8. Tweezers
9. Pricker
10. Leads
11. Quill Pens
12. Four-flanged Pen
13. Stylus
14. Penners
15. Firelighter Iron
16. Tooth Burnisher
17. Medieval Inks
18. Lead Inkwell
19. Inkhorn
Title Firelighter Iron
Brief description A firelighter, also known as “fire steel,” would have been used to strike flint in order to create a spark from the friction. The spark was then used to light a taper or some other type of kindling in order to light the wick in a lamp. [Paraphrased from Alan Cole.]
Contributor: Stella Castillo
Contribution date: Winter 2014