1) Drawing 2) Writing implement
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Silverpoint (one of several types of metalpoint) is a traditional drawing technique first used by Medieval scribes on manuscripts. ==History== A silverpoint drawing is made by dragging a silver rod or wire across a surface, often prepared with gesso or primer. Silverpoint is one of several types of metalpoint used by scribes, craftsmen and artists...
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(from the article `drawing`) More suited to permanent drawing is the silverpoint, which requires special preparation of the foundation and, once applied, cannot be corrected. Its ... ...of classical times and ancestor of the modern pencil, a small, sharpened metal rod used for drawing precise compositions on paper or parchment. ... [...
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Drawing instrument consisting of silver wire encased in a holder, used on paper prepared with opaque white. An example of silverpoint is Dürer's Self-portrait (1484; Albertina, Vienna). The...
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A drawing method using a piece of metal, usually silver wire, drawn on a ground prepared with Chinese white, sometimes with pigment added.
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n] - a drawing made with on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)
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noun a drawing made with on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries)
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Drawing instrument consisting of silver wire encased in a holder, used on paper prepared with opaque white. An example of silverpoint is Dürer's
Self-portrait (1484; Albertina, Vienna). The ground was composed of powdered bones and gumwater, giving an ivory finish, though in Italy, and especially in Florence, tin...
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