Gold
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Preparation Steps
Take gold, file it with a fine file, and place the filings in a glass cup. Pour bull's gall over it and leave it for twenty-one days in a place where it is not touched by sun, dust, or wind, for it will spoil. If you wish to write with it, soak red alum in fresh water for a day and a night, then take the pen and dip it in the alum water and then into the gold and [take from it]. Write with it.
Original Recipe Text
Take gold, file it with a fine file, and place the filings in a glass cup. Pour bull's gall over it and leave it for twenty-one days in a place where it is not touched by sun, dust, or wind, for it will spoil. If you wish to write with it, soak red alum in fresh water for a day and a night, then take the pen and dip it in the alum water and then into the gold and [take from it]. Write with it.
Remarks
A recipe for creating gold ink using bull's gall and red alum.
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Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorGold
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CollectionUnknown
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