الحبر الدخاني

Syria
14th Century
Source: Al-Mahdi Al-Rawadia, "Sina'at al-hibr wa-al-madad wa-al-asbagh fi al-turath al-'Arabi wa-al-Islami", Majallat Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyya, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2023.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

زيت الكتان, الدخان

Preparation Steps

The author Husayn b. Yasin al-Damashqi (d. 1379 AD) describes a method for producing smoke-based ink (al-hibr al-dukhani). The recipe focuses on the physical extraction of carbon smoke from flaxseed oil (zayt al-kattan) (p. 127).

Original Recipe Text

The author Husayn b. Yasin al-Damashqi (d. 1379 AD) describes a method for producing smoke-based ink (al-hibr al-dukhani). The recipe focuses on the physical extraction of carbon smoke from flaxseed oil (zayt al-kattan) (p. 127).

Evidence

"فصل في كيفية عمل الحبر الدخاني، ولم يتضمن سوى وصفة واحدة إضافة لشرح آلية استخراج الدخان من زيت الكتان"

Remarks

This work, 'Lamhat al-Mukhtataf', is noted as a small book on calligraphy that concludes with this specific ink production method (p. 127).

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionC
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionSyria
Approx. Year1350
Source Information
AuthorAl-Mahdi Al-Rawadia, "Sina'at al-hibr wa-al-madad wa-al-asbagh fi al-turath al-'Arabi wa-al-Islami", Majallat Ma'had al-Makhtutat al-Arabiyya, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2023.
Collectionدمشق
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