soot of sesame oil
Yemen
13th Century
Source: Sara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making," in Traces of Ink: Experiences of Philology and Replication, ed. Lucia Raggetti (Leiden: Brill, 2021), 105–130.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
sesame oil soot (salīṭ)
Preparation Steps
This carbon ink is produced using the soot derived from sesame oil, referred to in the Yemeni source by the dialectal term 'salīṭ' (p. 117).
Original Recipe Text
This carbon ink is produced using the soot derived from sesame oil, referred to in the Yemeni source by the dialectal term 'salīṭ' (p. 117).
Evidence
"the recipe transmitted is a carbon ink obtained from the soot of sesame oil... characterized by the use of a Yemeni dialectal term to indicate sesame oil (salīṭ), not mentioned in other sources."
Remarks
This recipe is considered original to the Yemeni Rasulid tradition due to its specific lexical choice, distinguishing it from the Egyptian versions of sesame-oil soot ink found in other Arab treatises (p. 117).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Lexical analysis of dialectal terms
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionYemen
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorSara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making," in Traces of Ink: Experiences of Philology and Replication, ed. Lucia Raggetti
CollectionAl-muḫtaraʿ fī funūn min al-ṣunaʿ (recipe MM II.6)
Language
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