gold, blue, red and green

Asia
15th Century
Source: Rozov, V. (2025). Arabic Astronomical Manuscripts in the Scientific Library of St. Petersburg State University and the Central Asian Intellectual Legacy. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 28(2), 414–420.
Recipe Details

Evidence

"The beginning of the text is decorated with ʻunwān made in gold, blue, red and green colors."

Remarks

The treatise is titled Ḥāshiyat Jaghmīnī. The scribe is identified as Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr b. Aḥmad. The work features a neat drawing of a sitting sufi with a cup on f.1 (Section 3.1.6, p. 417). The manuscript was dedicated to Jānī Beg Khān (r. 1341–57) of the Golden Horde of the Mongol Empire (p. 417).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
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Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGreen
RegionAsia
Approx. Year1450
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