Thesis What role did calligrpahy/writing utensils play with evolving the materials that were written on?
Introduction The different calligraphy/writing utensils examined here specifically arise in Egypt and China in the period of 3000 BC and 230 AD where people would use papyrus in Egypt as well as bamboo strips and bones in China combined with the reed brush and pen to practice more advanced writing forms based on either hieroglyphics In Egypt, but was used to trace what would later be engraved . This wasn't widely available to everyone at first for both the invention of reed brushes and pens in Egypt, but were used by people of higher class, royalty, and people of government or military ranking. Such as the Diary of Merer during the Khufu dynasty in 3000 BC. In China, however, reed brushes were pretty widely available to scribes and people who knew how to write the original Oracle script until the Bronze Age started, then Reed brushes wouldn't be seen again majorly until the Song Dynasty in the 2nd century when it was first widely used for writing.
All this new wave of recording information with ink on a thin sheet of fibers instead of etching lines into walls or carving into bones with much more effort was inspired from the system of making it more accessible to record thoughts and document information easier, when these cultures reach the point of both using reed brushes and pens is when internationally, writing had the first big leap to then later on inspire what we now use today.
Conclusion The creation of the reed brush and pen in these 2 societies went on to not only change the accessibility of documentation through inscription/typography, but will go on to change every aspect of our society. From education to currency to media and entertainment. The list goes on for the impact that the Egyptians and Chinese have with their reed brushes and pens, and what they used the reed brushes and pens for.
