riǧl al-ḥamām (leg of the dove)
Spain
13th Century
Source: Sara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making", in Arabic Manuscript Culture, 2021.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
Anchusa tinctoria L.
Preparation Steps
A red pigment derived from the plant Anchusa tinctoria L. (alkanet), referred to by the local Andalusian dialectal name 'riǧl al-ḥamām' (leg of the dove). (p. 117).
Original Recipe Text
A red pigment derived from the plant Anchusa tinctoria L. (alkanet), referred to by the local Andalusian dialectal name 'riǧl al-ḥamām' (leg of the dove). (p. 117).
Evidence
"the Andalusian al-Qalalūsī also introduces the dialectal name of a plant to obtain a red pigment: the riǧl al-ḥamām, (‘leg of the dove’), to indicate the Anchusa tinctoria L."
Remarks
Al-Qalalūsī (m. 1307) was an authority in Arabic language and poetry at the Nasrid court of Granada; his use of this plant name is unique among the treatises studied and serves as a marker of regional Andalusian technical knowledge. (p. 111, 117).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
botanical identification
lexical analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
RegionSpain
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorSara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making", in Arabic Manuscript Culture, 2021.
CollectionTuḥaf al-ḫawāṣṣ fī ṭuraf al-ḫawāṣṣ (Recipe Q II.4)
Language
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