Literate people have long relied on some sort of portable writing tools to enable them to jot down quick notes on the go. The stereotypical image of this is a pocket notebook and pencil, now replaced by notes apps on phones. Yet prior to that, people had ways of making notes as they went about their lives. The Romans famously had wax tablets (
Writing tables - the 16th century notes app?
Writing tables - the 16th century notes app?
Writing tables - the 16th century notes app?
Literate people have long relied on some sort of portable writing tools to enable them to jot down quick notes on the go. The stereotypical image of this is a pocket notebook and pencil, now replaced by notes apps on phones. Yet prior to that, people had ways of making notes as they went about their lives. The Romans famously had wax tablets (