lac, alkali, white lead
Recipe Details
Ingredients
lac, alkali, white lead, water
Preparation Steps
Take ten ounces of lac, clean it. Take one part alkali and one part white lead (two dirhams from the white lead). Grind well, pour water over it, and place it over the fire with the lac until the redness is extracted. Strain, refine, and boil until half the water evaporates. To keep it as a 'liyya', add rock candy; to dry it, put it in the shade protected from dust.
Original Recipe Text
Take ten ounces of lac, clean it. Take one part alkali and one part white lead (two dirhams from the white lead). Grind well, pour water over it, and place it over the fire with the lac until the redness is extracted. Strain, refine, and boil until half the water evaporates. To keep it as a 'liyya', add rock candy; to dry it, put it in the shade protected from dust.
Remarks
This recipe details the process of extracting a ruby color from lac using alkali and white lead, with methods for preserving the resulting material.
Scientific Analysis
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Metadata
Material Type
pigment
Colorruby
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionUnknown
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