ink he had newly prepared
Iran
Source: Serikoff, N. (Ed.). The Pen An Ambassador of Thoughts: Catalogue of Islamic Calligraphy preserved in the Wellcome Library. Serindia Publications.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The calligrapher Muh.ammad Yah.yā explicitly mentions in the margin or through the nature of the exercise that he was testing a 'newly prepared' ink (p. 18). Siyāh-i mashq exercises served as a means to test the nib and the flow/quality of newly made inks before formal transcription (p. 18).
Original Recipe Text
The calligrapher Muh.ammad Yah.yā explicitly mentions in the margin or through the nature of the exercise that he was testing a 'newly prepared' ink (p. 18). Siyāh-i mashq exercises served as a means to test the nib and the flow/quality of newly made inks before formal transcription (p. 18).
Evidence
"Example no. 32, executed by Muh. ammad Yah. y¯a, is remarkable since the calligrapher says that he was trying his hand and the ink he had newly prepared."
Remarks
Siyāh-i mashq translates literally as 'black writing' (siyāh meaning black). These practice sheets were used by calligraphers like Muh.ammad Yah.yā to 'tune' their pens and assess the quality of their ink and nib preparation. In Iran, such sheets were typically written in nasta‘līq or shekaste scripts (p. 18).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionIran
Source Information
AuthorSerikoff, N.
CollectionWellcomeIslCal no. 32
Language
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