riǧl al-ḥamām
Andalus
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
riǧl al-ḥamām (Anchusa tinctoria L.)
Preparation Steps
The pigment is obtained from the plant riǧl al-ḥamām (translated as 'leg of the dove'), identified as Anchusa tinctoria L. (p. 117).
Original Recipe Text
The pigment is obtained from the plant riǧl al-ḥamām (translated as 'leg of the dove'), identified as Anchusa tinctoria L. (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., the use of which is not mentioned in other treatises."
Remarks
This plant is specifically identified by Al-Qalalūsī using a regional dialectal name, marking it as a distinctive feature of Andalusian pigment traditions (p. 117).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Botanical identification
Philological analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
RegionAndalus
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
CollectionTuḥaf al-ḫawāṣṣ fī ṭuraf al-ḫawāṣṣ
Language
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