silver pigments
Herat
15th Century
Source: Shortle, Margaret. "Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts." Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts (2018): 149-168.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
silver
Preparation Steps
Applied heavily to create images of real and fantastic creatures (p. 149). Applied to pink tinted paper (p. 149).
Original Recipe Text
Applied heavily to create images of real and fantastic creatures (p. 149). Applied to pink tinted paper (p. 149).
Evidence
"Further supporting the sensory effect of motion are the metallic materials and heavy use of gold and silver pigments, whose visual effects are rendered mute due to oxidation and the darkening of silver with time"
Remarks
Used for images of dragons, sīmurghs, and cranes. The silver creates a shimmering effect that moves with the turn of the page or flicker of light, mimicking rhetorical instability in poetry (p. 149).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAg
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
Paper Typepink tinted paper
ColorSilver
RegionHerat
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorShortle, Margaret. "Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts." Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts
CollectionHerat
Language
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