silver
Shiraz
15th Century
Recipe Details
Ingredients
silver
Preparation Steps
Used as a metallic/grey pigment. Analysis of AKM 5 shows it accounts for half of the grey areas (p. 133).
Original Recipe Text
Used as a metallic/grey pigment. Analysis of AKM 5 shows it accounts for half of the grey areas (p. 133).
Evidence
"Degrade silver contains 50% of grey colour analysed"
Remarks
In AKM 5, silver is frequently found in a degraded state (p. 132). The appearance of grey areas in these manuscripts is often the result of silver corrosion (p. 141).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAg
Analytical Techniques
FORS
XRF
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGrey
RegionShiraz
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
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