Indian yellow
Persia
17th Century
Recipe Details
Ingredients
urine of cows, mango leaves
Preparation Steps
Likely produced in India from the urine of cows fed exclusively on mango leaves (p. 102).
Original Recipe Text
Likely produced in India from the urine of cows fed exclusively on mango leaves (p. 102).
Evidence
"In this project in one painting (folio 200) on the Shāhnāma manuscript Persian 933... and in the Shāhnāma manuscript RAS 239 in one painting... Indian yellow was identified."
Remarks
In the FORS technique, it has an inflection point at 500 nm (p. 103). FOMF shows a strong maximum fluorescence peak at 555 nm (p. 103).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical Compositionmagnesium euxanthate salt
Analytical Techniques
FORS
PLM
FTIR
FOMF
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorYellow
RegionPersia
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
TitleUntitled
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionShāhnāma manuscript Persian 933 (folio 200), Shāhnāma manuscript RAS 239 (folio 430)
Language
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