a pouch to keep them together and relatively undamaged... As 'Brother George' is dressing up as a scrivener (Wikipedia is most succinct: "A scrivener (or scribe) was traditionally a person who could read and write. This usually indicated secretarial and administrative duties such as dictation and keeping business, judicial, and history records for kings, nobles, temples, and cities."), he'd need the gear to be portable, so something like the ubiquitous scrip, with a shoulder strap, like a pilgrim's bag...Befitting a Benedictine costume, the scrip needed to be made of plain, undyed leather - what I had was some sheepskin that had gone through the chamois-ing process (fairly unsuccessfully, judging by its lack of absorbent qualities) but had kept the tell-tale yellowish colour and distinctive smell of leather tanned in fish oil...
It's stitched with linen thread and has a pocket on the front for the stylus to go into... Now 'Brother George' just has to dig up skills from 60-odd years ago and re-learn how to write on a wax tablet! In a twelfth century font! Then I'll have to create some quill pens and oak-gall ink...
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