blue background

India
17th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

blue pigment

Preparation Steps

The text is written on a blue background, which may represent a fully painted surface or a tinted paper substrate. No specific mineral or dye is identified (p. 75).

Original Recipe Text

The text is written on a blue background, which may represent a fully painted surface or a tinted paper substrate. No specific mineral or dye is identified (p. 75).

Evidence

"Text (in nasta‘lĩq) written in black ink on a blue background."

Remarks

Wellcome Islamic Calligraphy 28. Contains a mathnawi of pious content describing a prayer at dawn. Diacritical dots are occasionally missing (p. 75).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBlue
RegionIndia
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionIndian or Iranian
Language
N/A
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