black ink

Iran
17th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

gold sprinkles

Preparation Steps

The paper is a buff variety, characterized as 'expensive' by the curator, and is decorated with 'gold sprinkles' prior to or during the mounting process (p. 61).

Original Recipe Text

The paper is a buff variety, characterized as 'expensive' by the curator, and is decorated with 'gold sprinkles' prior to or during the mounting process (p. 61).

Evidence

"Text (in nasta‘lĩq) written in black ink on expensive buff paper with gold sprinkles."

Remarks

Wellcome Islamic Calligraphy 20. The folio is divided into 'boxes' containing poems in Persian. The handwriting style imitates Mir Ali at-Tabrizi (p. 61).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typeexpensive buff paper with gold sprinkles
Colorbuff
RegionIran
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionIndian or Iranian
Language
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