The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making

Rayy
10th 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

Evidence

"The work also includes recipes for treatments related to writing supports, such as the sizing of the paper and the reuse (as ṭirs, ‘palimpsest’) or antiquing of parchment"

Remarks

Al-Rāzī's treatise 'Zīnat al-kataba' (The Ornament of the Scribes) is identified as the oldest known technical treatise on ink sets, but it also provides crucial instructions for paper preparation and parchment modification (p. 109-110).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Textual analysis of technical treatises
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
RegionRayy
Approx. Year950
Source Information
TitleThe Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making
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
CollectionZīnat al-kataba
Language
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