The words are faithfully copied, but the picture and drawings are always new . Quill Pens - that is the most known tool . The width of its flat end gives the width of the line . Carved reeds are also used . The price of parchment and pigments being very high, the first trial has to be good .
Draft is done with a stylus on a wax covered woodboard .
There are different ways to apply pigments, and their elaboration is the first work of the artist . Very often, sight target is Gold Leaf . Silver and copper, brass leaves are also used . They only belong to science and arts . Copy and studies about the past belong to scientific research and teaching .