soot of sesame oil (salīṭ)
Egypt
13th Century
Source: Sara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making", in Arabic Manuscript Culture, 2021.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
sesame oil soot
Preparation Steps
A carbon ink (midād) produced using the soot obtained from sesame oil. While sesame oil soot was a common component in various Arabic ink traditions, this specific recipe in Al-muḫtaraʿ is identified as 'Egyptian ink' (p. 117).
Original Recipe Text
A carbon ink (midād) produced using the soot obtained from sesame oil. While sesame oil soot was a common component in various Arabic ink traditions, this specific recipe in Al-muḫtaraʿ is identified as 'Egyptian ink' (p. 117).
Evidence
"In fact, the recipe transmitted is a carbon ink obtained from the soot of sesame oil, which was quite common in other Arab treatises and is described as an Egyptian ink."
Remarks
The recipe proves to be original in its textual dimension through the use of the Yemeni dialectal term 'salīṭ' for sesame oil, which is not mentioned in the source text (ʿUmdat al-kuttāb) from which this section was derived. (p. 117).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionC
Analytical Techniques
dialectal identification
lexical analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorSara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making", in Arabic Manuscript Culture, 2021.
CollectionAl-muḫtaraʿ fī funūn min al-ṣunaʿ (Recipe MM II.6)
Language
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