black ink

Ethiopia
15th Century
Source: Alessandro Bausi, "Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts: The Ethiopian Evidence"
Recipe Details

Preparation Steps

The copyist switched from green ink to black ink at folio 124v while adding a second collection of 15 miracles (p. 125).

Original Recipe Text

The copyist switched from green ink to black ink at folio 124v while adding a second collection of 15 miracles (p. 125).

Evidence

"the same copyist later added a second collection of 15 miracles, first with green and then (from fol. 124v) with black ink (folia 113r–147r)"

Remarks

In manuscript d’Abbadie 196, the transition between green and black ink occurs within the second collection of miracles written by the same copyist (p. 125).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
codicological analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionEthiopia
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorAlessandro Bausi, "Composite and Multiple-Text Manuscripts: The Ethiopian Evidence"
Collectionmanuscript d’Abbadie 196
Language
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