red ink
England
15th Century
Recipe Details
Ingredients
egg white
Preparation Steps
The text describes a recipe found on page 61 of BodL, MS Ashmole 1438, Part I, which follows a recipe to stanch blood. It explicitly claims that 'egg white is used to make red ink'. This suggests a glair-based binder system for the production of liturgical or rubricated ink in the fifteenth century (p. 39).
Original Recipe Text
The text describes a recipe found on page 61 of BodL, MS Ashmole 1438, Part I, which follows a recipe to stanch blood. It explicitly claims that 'egg white is used to make red ink'. This suggests a glair-based binder system for the production of liturgical or rubricated ink in the fifteenth century (p. 39).
Evidence
"the preceding recipe to stanch blood (BodL, MS Ashmole 1438, Part I, p. 61) claims that egg white is used to make red ink."
Remarks
The mention of egg white in relation to ink production is noted in the context of medieval medical and surgical treatises. This specific use case appears in a quire containing surgical recipes for wounds and broken bones, possibly copied by 'Nicholas Neesbett' (p. 37, 39).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Textual analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
BinderAlbumen
ColorRed
RegionEngland
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
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