blue Chinese paper
Persia
15th Century
Source: Marianna Shreve Simpson, Review of Paper before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World by Jonathan M. Bloom, Speculum, Vol. 78, No. 4 (Oct., 2003), pp. 1250-1252.
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Preparation Steps
The substrate is identified as blue-dyed paper originating from China, used for a Persian manuscript in the 15th century (p. 1252). The manufacture of such luxury supports involved the import of high-quality finished paper which was subsequently decorated (p. 1252).
Original Recipe Text
The substrate is identified as blue-dyed paper originating from China, used for a Persian manuscript in the 15th century (p. 1252). The manufacture of such luxury supports involved the import of high-quality finished paper which was subsequently decorated (p. 1252).
Evidence
"a fifteenth-century Persian manuscript leaf (reproduced in full in fig. 32) written on blue Chinese paper and painted in gold with scenes of a Chinese landscape."
Remarks
This specimen, located in the New York Public Library collection, illustrates the heights of artistic achievement in the medieval Islamic world and the reuse of luxury imported materials from East Asia (p. 1252).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typeblue Chinese paper
ColorBlue
RegionPersia
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorMarianna Shreve Simpson, Review of Paper before Print: The History and Impact of Paper in the Islamic World by Jonathan M. Bloom, Speculum, Vol. 78, No. 4
CollectionChina
Language
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