- Accession Number:
- 2001.211.113
- Description:
- Board slate for writing 10-dot Ballu; aluminum board has furrows, pins, and a top-hinged frame; brass guide is notched on one end and has 2 pegs on back to fit holes in frame; 1 line of 46 columns. "632" --front of guide. "632" and "Istituto Dei Ciechi Napoli Paolo Colosimo" --front of frame. A stylus was used with the Ballu slate to make tactile print, by embossing dots in the shapes of letters of the Roman alphabet.
- Height:
- 10
- Width:
- 7
- Date Made:
- n.d.
- Place of Origin:
- Naples, Italy
- Collection:
- Ronecker Slate Collection
- History/Provenance:
- Ronecker Slate Collection
- Credit Line:
- Museum Purchase, 2001.211
- Subjects:
- Ballu Boards (writing) Slates Tactile writing
- Dimension Notes:
- 10 x 7 x 3/8 in. board ; 1 x 7 1/2 in. guide
- Made:
- Istituto Paolo Colosimo, Napoli
- Material:
- Aluminum, brass
- Updated:
- 10/05/2015
