Gray rulings, or "horizontal lines produced to guide the hand in writing" (Brown, 1994, p.111) are very visible on every leaf of this manuscript (see Figure 23). These rulings, based on their color and time period of the manuscript, were probably made with a lead point called a "plummet". A plummet was a piece of lead alloy placed inside a holder, similar to today's pencil, that could then be gripped by the scribe to aid in ruling or drawing (Brown, 1994, p.78).
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