It’s a Mezuzah, a source of blessing ... The texts are written using a quill from turkey or goose feathers. The quill’s point has to be sharpened every hour or two. It’s the same writing ...

The quill pen was the writing instrument of Colonial America. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on his famous lap desk using a quill. The Constitution of the United States ...

From the Dark Ages to the middle of the 19th century, the quill pen was used to record every work of religion, philosophy, science, medicine and law. The best quills for writing were taken from ...