pencil
Yemen
20th Century
Source: Martini, G. M. (2025). Arabic Manuscripts on Magic at L’Orientale. Chapter 5, pp. 79-97.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
graphite
Evidence
"the text, written in pencil in Italian, states that it is a “Gift of Seif el Islam Ali, son of the Imam, Sanaa, 14/9/1931-9”"
Remarks
A donation note written in pencil on the exergue of MS ARA 139 (f. 1r). It records the gift of the manuscript to Tommaso Sarnelli in 1931 by Seif el Islam Ali in Sanaa (p. 83).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
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Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionYemen
Approx. Year1950
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