inktstel bestaande uit twee delen. Een pennenhouder ( L 29 x Br 3, 9) met scharnierdeksel. Aan het deksel zit oogje ter bevestiging. De inktpot ( Br 5,1x H 4,8 x D 4,5) heeft twee ovale openingen met scharnierdeksels. Dekselversiering bestaat uit vier pijlvormige figuren in reliëf. Annabel Gallup, British Library 2018: Brass pen case, possibly Ottoman, 19th century, used in Indonesia, with details of the two ink chambers. rubrication – the use of red ink for highlighting certain words – was a common practice of Malay scribes. Red ink is used for a variety of textual purposes: to emphasise certain words, to indicate the start of a new section within the text, or to signal portions written in Arabic, while in manuscripts of the Qur’an, the surah headings are normally written in red ink. Thus metal pencases found in Southeast Asia usually follow the Ottoman model of including an ink well with two chambers, one for red and one for black ink. The Bronbeek Museum has a fine brass example shown below, from the Beijens collection, which is perhaps of Ottoman manufacture, for tiny stamped seals bearing the maker’s name are visible on the casing. Of particular interest in this pen case is that each ink chamber still contains remnants of what appear to be cotton threads, which John Klein Nagelvoort suggested may have helped to prevent the ink evaporating too quickly. DUT