Silver

Iran
15th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

silver

Preparation Steps

In some cases combined with gold (p. 120).

Original Recipe Text

In some cases combined with gold (p. 120).

Evidence

"Another metal pigment used is silver, which is currently seen as black or dark grey due to its corrosion."

Remarks

Used to depict river and stream water, swords, armor, and barding (p. 120, 131). In AKM 4, 75% of grey colors were actually corroded silver (p. 123).

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAg
Analytical Techniques
XRF
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBlack
RegionIran
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionAKM 4, AKM 5
Language
N/A
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