pure black colour, solid red, watery ultramarine blue ink, gold script

Ingredients

black ink, red ink, ultramarine blue ink, gold

Evidence

"The main ink used in all of the manuscripts is of a consistently pure black colour, with solid red and watery ultramarine blue ink used for the rubrics. There is also one instance of alternating black and gold script."

Remarks

The main text ink is consistently pure black (p. 226). Rubrics employ solid red and a 'watery' ultramarine blue. A unique application of alternating black and gold script is noted in the 1372 Mas̲navī on folios 153 and 154, a style the author associates with Ilkhanid Qur'ans from Baghdad (p. 226).