Wine Ink

Recipe Details

Preparation Steps

Take crushed gallnuts and pour five times their weight in water over them. Boil them, then strain. Once cooled, add five dirhams of arsenic for every rotl of liquid and use it.

Original Recipe Text

Take crushed gallnuts and pour five times their weight in water over them. Boil them, then strain. Once cooled, add five dirhams of arsenic for every rotl of liquid and use it.

Remarks

This recipe incorporates arsenic.

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Material Type
ink
Source Information
TitleThe main text of the book and the guide for the wise, by Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionUnknown
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