Stylus Help

[Doc]

I have done a google search for good picture of styli. I would like to make one myself since they do not appear too difficult to make.

I have not really come up with anything. I was looking for James Curle Newstead styli or ones found at Vindonissa.

Does anyone have good detailed photos and dimensions of styli from the 1st Century AD.

Thanks in advance

[fwg]

Which material do you prefer?

Most of the stili I´ve seen are made of iron (often with bronze inlays), then followed by those made of bronze. A few bony stili have survived, too - just like this one which I made following an example from Augst AUGUSTA RAURICA, Switzerland): [url:1l1os6k6]http://www.roemischer-vicus.de/p_wachstafelmacher_bild19.htm[/url]

I´m positive that I have a couple of pictures which might be of interest for you.

[Martin Moser]

I'll have to look the dating up again, but here is one I made some time ago:



Literature: Michel Feugere. Stylet inscrit de Rouffach (Haut-Rhin). Gallia 57, 2000. p227-29.

[Doc]

Thanks for the replies.

I would like to make one in iron and another in bronze.

I too like the decorative ones. fwg if you have any pictures showing the iron stili with inlays, I would appreciate it.


Martin, those are beautiful. Excellent work.

[Doc]

Martin,

Would you have pictures of the originals? I have never seen stili quite like that before.

[Martin Moser]

Would you have pictures of the originals? I have never seen stili quite like that before.

It is just one stilus, with a different inscription on each side. Here you go (from page 228 of Michel Feugere. Stylet inscrit de Rouffach (Haut-Rhin). Gallia 57, 2000. p227-29) ...

[M. Demetrius]

Does that roughly translate "My art of love proceeds with study"?

[Doc]

Martin,

Thanks for the picture. Was this stylus originally iron or bronze?

[fwg]

Thanks for the replies.

I would like to make one in iron and another in bronze.

I too like the decorative ones. fwg if you have any pictures showing the iron stili with inlays, I would appreciate it.


Martin, those are beautiful. Excellent work.

Hi Doc,

since I´m 'on the road' right now, I just can give you some pictures which I sort of accidentally have on my notebook. They are not reduced in size, so that you can see some details. Because of the size I have to upload them on my website (I´ll send the password via PM in a couple of minutes as soon as the upload is finished), so please send a note when you have finished downloading them.
EDIT: upload finished and PM sent.

[Martin Moser]

Was this stylus originally iron or bronze?

In bronze.