black carbon

Herat
15th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

carbon

Evidence

"Two pigments white lead, and black carbon, have also been used to create black and white colours."

Remarks

Used consistently by painters (D, E, F, G) for black details and potentially for the text (p. 212, 214, 216, 218).

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionC
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionHerat
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionGeneral usage in RAS 239
Language
N/A
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