šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān
Rayy
10th Century
Source: Sara Fani, 'The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making', in Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150–1850 (Brill, 2021), 105-124.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
anemone/poppy (šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān)
Preparation Steps
Described under the category 'to put secrets in the books' (waḍaʿ al-asrār fī al-kutub). The Appendix comparison suggests ingredients like šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān (anemone) were used in recipes for inks that leave no trace or are not easily erased (p. 121, 124).
Original Recipe Text
Described under the category 'to put secrets in the books' (waḍaʿ al-asrār fī al-kutub). The Appendix comparison suggests ingredients like šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān (anemone) were used in recipes for inks that leave no trace or are not easily erased (p. 121, 124).
Evidence
"The short treatise focuses solely on the preparation of black inks and invisible inks... The set of recipes 'to put secrets in the books' (waḍaʿ al-asrār fī al-kutub), as they are generally described... is already attested in the more ancient treatise, the Zīnat al-kataba by al-Rāzī."
Remarks
Al-Rāzī (d. 925) included invisible inks in both Zīnat al-kataba and his alchemical Kitāb al-ḫawāṣṣ (p. 110).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
textual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionRayy
Approx. Year950
Source Information
AuthorSara Fani, 'The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making', in Islamic Scripture in European Culture and Religion 1150–1850
CollectionZīnat al-kataba
Language
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