different inks
England
15th Century
Source: Bower, Hannah. Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375–1500. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"they are copied with different inks and nibs, which suggests that they were written in several stints."
Remarks
The quire extending from BodL, MS Ashmole 1438, Part I, pp. 57–80 contains a collection of recipes that show physical evidence of being written in several separate sessions or 'stints'. This is evidenced by variations in the ink types and the nibs used by the scribe, suggesting that while the recipes are on the same quire, the compilation was an ongoing, temporal process (p. 128).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
codicological analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionEngland
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorBower, Hannah. Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375–1500. Oxford University Press, 2022.
CollectionBodL, MS Ashmole 1438
Language
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