Various sorts of containers made to hold ink. This set of links has been separated out from the linkspage on scribes & scribal tools, since it was getting fairly lengthy.
For more information on ink in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including recipes, see these links.
- Pottery inkwell, 1st-3rd century Roman Britain
- Writing materials, including an inkwell, found in France, c. 1st century Roman Gaul
- Glass inkwell, Egypt?, 9th-11th century
- St. Luke, The Ranshofen Gospels (Canon. Bibl. Lat. 60, fol. 73v), second quarter (?) of the 12th century
- Inkwell with cover made of bronze with engravings and copper and silver inlays with an inscription in Arabic, 12th century
- Inkwell with silver inlay decoration (with lid off), late 12th-13th century Khorasan
- Bronze inkwell (more views here, here, here, here, here, and here) with decorations of musicians and drinkers, 12th-13th century Khorasan
- Inkwell with Kufic and Naski inscriptions, designed by Muhammad Ibn Abi-s-sahl Harawi, made in Khorasan c. 1200
- Inkwell with zodiac medallions made of brass with silver and copper inlays in late 12th-early 13th century Iran
- Inkwell with zodiac signs in brass with silver and copper inlays, made in early 13th century Iran
- Inkwell with cover made of bronze with silver and copper inlays, made in 13th century Iran
- Glazed and luster-painted stonepaste inkwell made in 13th century Iran
- Inkwell made of mold blown glass, made in 13th century Syria
- Stoneware inkwell found on a riverbank in Dunbartonshire, dating from the 13th-15th century
- Le Jeu des échecs moralisé (University of Chicago Library 392, image 46), c. 1365
- Lead inkwell, 14th-16th century
- Cuir-bouilli box for an inkwell, 15th century
- Cuir-bouilli box for an inkwell, 15th century Italy
- Inkwell with three compartments (more views here, here, here, and here), copper with gold and silver inlay, 15th century Iran
- Ink pot, northern Italy, c. 1425-1450
- The story of Gulfardo and Guasparruolo in the Decameron (BNF Arsenal 5070, fol. 276v), 1432
- Jade pen and inkwell, Istanbul, c. 1450-1500
- St. Jerome (fol. 2r) and Jean Miélot (fol. 19r), Vie et miracles de Notre Dame (BNF Fr. 9198), 1456
- Inkhorn in a Portrait of a young man, early 1480s
- Rectangular inkwell made in Padua c. 1480-1500
- An inkhorn in a Viennese altarpiece with The Annunciation, c. 1490-1500
- Inkhorn and penner of St. Ambrosius, from an altarpiece at Kremsmünster, c. 1490-1500
- An inkhorn and penner in 12-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple (part of the altarpiece at the Church of St. Nicholas in Presov, Slovakia)
- Inkhorn, penner, and writing-slope of St. Jerome by Georg Stäber, c. 1495-1500
- Satyr with inkstand and candlestick, late 15th century
- An inkwell in the shape of a sea-monster, c. 1500; the shallow shell (at right) for blotting-sand, the other (at left) for ink. See also this sea-monster designed by Severo da Ravenna, 15th century.
- Inkwell in pressed horn, decorated with the Madonna and child, St. George, and other saints, 16th century London
- Bronze inkwell made in Padua c. 1500
- Bronze inkwell made in Padua c. 1500
- Bronze inkwell made in Padua or Venice c. 1500
- Bronze inkwell and lamp made in Padua c. 1500
- Inkstand with sleeping knight made in Faenza in the early 16th century
- Inkstand with an Atlantid, bronze, made in Ravenna or Padua c. 1510
- An inkhorn and penner in Jesus praying at the Mount of Olives from an altarpiece at Passau, c. 1510-1515
- Inkwell: a man holding a dead tree, bronze, made in Padua c. 1500-1520
- Inkwell: a satyr holding a torch, bronze, made in Padua c. 1500-1520
- Inkwell: a boy supporting a shell in bronze, sculpted by Severo de Ravenna c. 1500-1525
- Inkstand: a boy holding a bucket, made in Padua c. 1500-1525; compare to another inkwell of a boy holding a bucket, sculpted by Riccio, made in Padua c. 1500-1520
- Maiolica inkpot in the shape of a tortoise, made in the Po Valley or Veneto, c. 1500-1550
- A good view of an inkhorn, penner, and pen in a painting of a girl writing, c. 1520
- Vlrich Huber makes inkhorns and penners, Mendel Hausbuch (Amb. 317.2, fol. 153v), 1535
- A good view of an inkhorn, penner, and pen in Two Tax Gatherers by Marinus van Reymerswaele, c. 1540
- Inkwell in the shape of a buffet, made in 16th century Nuremburg
- Ink pot in brass, engraved and inlaid with silver, Safavid Persia (Tabriz, Iran?) c. 1510-1520
- Inkwell with floral and animal imagery made in 16th century Iran
- Inkstand: a woman playing music in bronze, mid-16th century
- Inkstand in engraved brass, damascened with silver, 16th century Italy
- Inkstand: a reclining bull, 16th century northern Italy
- Seated satyr holding a candlestick and inkwell, c. 1530-1540 (see also Met 1982.60.92
- Inkwell with a satyr, made in Venice or Padua in the mid-16th century
- Inkstand: a young man playing an organ while a young boy works two bellows, maiolica, made in Urbino c. 1550-1560
- Peter Schmid makes inkwells, Landauer Hausbuch (Amb. 279.2, fol. 45v), 1565
- Inkstand: a grotesque elephant, Florence c. 1550-1600
- Inkstand: Woman holding an anchor, supported by three lions, in bronze, second half of the 16th century
- Inkstand: Woman holding an anchor, supported by three boys, second half of the 16th century
- Inkstand: a reclining woman, in bronze, France or Flanders c. 1600
- Container, thought to be an inkhorn, from the Gunnister find, late 17th century
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