yellow ink

Thailand
19th Century
Source: Panarut, Peera. "Scholarship between the Lines: Interlinear Glossing in Siamese Literary Manuscripts." 215-227. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
Recipe Details

Preparation Steps

The text does not specify the chemical recipe, but identifies the material used for the primary text in the Royal Palace's ceremonial manuscripts (p. 223-224).

Original Recipe Text

The text does not specify the chemical recipe, but identifies the material used for the primary text in the Royal Palace's ceremonial manuscripts (p. 223-224).

Evidence

"The main text (Fig. 4) is written in yellow ink (highlighted in the transcriptions below)"

Remarks

The yellow ink is used for the 'neat, uniform handwriting' of the main text, which contrasts with the white steatite used for annotations (p. 224). These texts were considered models of ceremonial elephant treatises (p. 223).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
Paper Typekh "oi-paper
ColorYellow
RegionThailand
Approx. Year1850
Source Information
AuthorPanarut, Peera. "Scholarship between the Lines: Interlinear Glossing in Siamese Literary Manuscripts." 215-227. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
CollectionThe Collection of Old Elephant Treatises (Chan Subsection, MS no. 16)
Language
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