huntite
Egypt
14th Century
Source: Porter, Cheryl. "The Science of Color: Color Analysis and the Roles of Economics, Geography, and Tradition in the Artist’s Choice of Colors for Manuscript Painting." In: And Diverse Are Their Hues: Color in Islamic Art and Culture (Eds. Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom), Yale University Press, 2011.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
huntite
Preparation Steps
Described as a magnesium calcium carbonate with a very fine grain (p. 12). 'It disperses readily in water and has good covering power' (p. 12).
Original Recipe Text
Described as a magnesium calcium carbonate with a very fine grain (p. 12). 'It disperses readily in water and has good covering power' (p. 12).
Evidence
"the white of the margin decoration and all the white analyzed from elsewhere in the painting was either pure huntite or a mixture of lead white and huntite. Huntite is a magnesium calcium carbonate, first identified by J. Riederer at the Doerner Institute in 1974."
Remarks
The use of huntite in a mid-14th century manuscript was 'most unexpected' and serves as a marker for Mamluk manuscripts made in Egypt (p. 12). Used pure or mixed with lead white, blues, greens, and reds (p. 12).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionMg3Ca(CO3)4
Analytical Techniques
Raman
SEM
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorWhite
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1350
Source Information
AuthorPorter, Cheryl. "The Science of Color: Color Analysis and the Roles of Economics, Geography, and Tradition in the Artist’s Choice of Colors for Manuscript Painting." In: And Diverse Are Their Hues: Color in Islamic Art and Culture
CollectionEgypt
Language
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