blue-tinted → parchment

Source: Gacek, A. (2001). The Arabic Manuscript Tradition. Leiden: Brill.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

parchment, blue dye

Evidence

"A good example here is the so-called ‘Blue Qurʾan’ chrysographed on blue-tinted → parchment (Bloom 1989) (cf. Fig. 140)."

Remarks

The 'Blue Qurʾan' is a primary example of chrysography (gold writing) executed on a dyed animal skin substrate. (p. 61)

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypeParchment
ColorBlue
Source Information
TitleThe Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary of Terminology and Bibliography of the Arabic Manuscript Tradition
AuthorGacek, A.
CollectionBlue Qurʾan
Language
N/A
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