ink
Iran
19th Century
Source: Leoni, F. (Ed.). (2016). Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural. Ashmolean Museum.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gazelle skin
Preparation Steps
The substrate is described as 'rather translucent parchment' made of gazelle skin (p. 40). Large-scale talismanic charts used such skins to petition God for safeguarding from misfortunes and diseases.
Original Recipe Text
The substrate is described as 'rather translucent parchment' made of gazelle skin (p. 40). Large-scale talismanic charts used such skins to petition God for safeguarding from misfortunes and diseases.
Evidence
"Iran, 19th century, ink on gazelle skin, 68.5 x 53.5 cm."
Remarks
This talismanic chart includes a number of Qur’anic verses, the beautiful names of God (al-asma’ al-husna), and Shi‘i supplications to ‘Ali. It also features a magic square intended for purification during ablutions (p. 40).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typegazelle skin
Colortranslucent
RegionIran
Approx. Year1850
Source Information
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