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 A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE PENCIL Origin and role of pencils in overall periods - Oct 19, 2024 Title : Evolution of pencils  Medium : Graphite Date : AD perioa Finding Site : not specified  Size : varies  Artist : Unknown . . Latin Origins : The word pencil comes from the latin, penicillum , the name for a small, fine-tipped brush used for writing, which in turn is a diminutive form of the latin word for brush, peniculus, which in turn is a diminutive form of the Latin word penis, which means “tail.” This word was used for these very fine brushes because they were made from tufts of hair from the tails of animals. The earliest instruments for making marks other than pen and ink on parchment, papyrus, or vellum was a metal stylus scratching into a wax-coated tablet. Codex, the Latin word for tree trunk, came to be used for the wax-coated wood tablet that became the precursor to the modern book. The sharp metal stylus was also a weapon in Roman times. Thomas, Astle, author of The Origin