Pelikan Evolution of Script

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Pelikan is celebrating this quantum leap in the history of human civilisation with a new limited edition. The first fountain pen of this series bears the name "Evolution of Script". With this, Pelikan is looking back to the origins of writing thousands of years ago: from the cave paintings that were the precursors of writing, via the invention of hieroglyphics in Egypt and Mesopotamian cuneiform, to the development of the Greek alphabet as the point of departure for European scripts. The barrel, which is gold-plated, displays the other early forms of writing as finely drawn symbols, hand-engraved. The individual epochs are visually separated by gold-plated rings, in order to symbolise appropriately the line of development. The incomparable nature of this collectors' item is very apparent in the 18-carat gold nib, which will be embossed with a different design for each edition. On the clip, the shape of which reflects the overall form of the pen, the same pattern as is embossed on the nib is repeated in high relief, recessed into the clip. Technically too, this masterpiece represents the culture of writing in its purest form.

The fountain pen is limited to 930 pieces worldwide and this recalls the first European adaptation of the Phoenician alphabet, which occurred on Crete in around 930 BC.