Essential tools of a medieval scribe

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/essential-tools-medieval-scribe/

A steady hand 

[Nick Harbud]

Sounds like a list of pre-term student's purchases before attending Hogwarts.  Presumably, all this stuff would be available at the nearest branch of WH Smith.

 

[Imperial Dave]

surely it would be WH Smythes.... 

[Ian61]

I want a lion!

[Erpingham]

Cats are bad enough jumping on the desk when you're working - I dread to think the impact a playful lion could have