saffron
Spain
16th Century
Source: Abigail Krasner Balbale
Recipe Details
Ingredients
saffron
Evidence
"Pedro’s text, preserved by the impressive bureaucracy of the Inquisition, was a saffron-coloured single sheet of paper that measured 31 by 22.5 centimetres and was written in Arabic."
Remarks
The text was a forbidden object measured 31 by 22.5 centimetres and was written in Arabic, used as an amulet (nómina) (p. 2). For the inquisitors, the use of this saffron-colored paper indicated loyalty to Islam (p. 2).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Inquisition records
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typesaffron-coloured single sheet of paper
ColorRed
RegionSpain
Approx. Year1550
Source Information
AuthorAbigail Krasner Balbale
CollectionValencia
Language
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