Ink that Writes Like Gold

Recipe Details

Ingredients

white lead, blue vitriol, gum water

Preparation Steps

Take six mithqals of white lead. Pour four mithqals of blue vitriol over it, dry. Place it in a clay-lined glass vessel and put it in the upper part of a glass furnace for a day and a night. Then remove it and pour gum water over it.

Original Recipe Text

Take six mithqals of white lead. Pour four mithqals of blue vitriol over it, dry. Place it in a clay-lined glass vessel and put it in the upper part of a glass furnace for a day and a night. Then remove it and pour gum water over it.

Remarks

It will be polished and come out like fine gold.

Scientific Analysis
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Metadata
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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