Knife
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Name used since the sixteenth century (documented by Giovanni Pomodoro).
Description
Blade with handle used as paper cutter or pencil sharpener.
Bibliographical Resources
Pomodoro, Giovanni, Geometria prattica tratta dagl'Elementi d'Euclide ed altri Auttori da Giovanni Pomodoro Venetiano Mathematico eccellentissimo descritta et dichiarata da Giovanni Scala Mathematico, Stefano de' Paulini, Roma, 1599.
Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota