ink and grinding

[LeoLeoMikesch]

What does it mean, when somebody writes about "freshly ground ink"? What can it be made of? Don't you just grind dry / solid material?
It is from a description of a convent/cloister, and it says, that the ink bottles had been filled daily "with feshly ground ink"

 

[cuchuflete]

Please provide both background and context.

 

[gregitaliano]

Hi
I can only imagine it is someone who makes their own inks for calligraphy or artwork etc

Greg

 

[panjandrum]

Ask any Chinese calligrapher.