lapis lazuli, brick-red, gold
Arabic
Source: Gacek, Adam. Arabic manuscripts: a vadenecum for readers. London: Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation, 2009.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
lapis lazuli, gold
Preparation Steps
Paints and colored inks are used for main decorated pieces such as title pieces, frontispieces, incipit pages, headpieces, tailpieces, and finispieces. Lapis lazuli is often the predominant pigment in these decorations, complemented by black or brick-red colors (p. 16).
Original Recipe Text
Paints and colored inks are used for main decorated pieces such as title pieces, frontispieces, incipit pages, headpieces, tailpieces, and finispieces. Lapis lazuli is often the predominant pigment in these decorations, complemented by black or brick-red colors (p. 16).
Evidence
"Colours (→ Coloured inks and paints): comment on the choice of colours, e.g. lapis lazuli predominates; generous use of black or brick-red colours."
Remarks
Analysis of painted decorations and illustrations includes identifying the shape of pieces (rectangular, circular, lozenge-shaped) and textual decorations like rosettes, discs, cloudbands, and diagrams. Rule-borders and frames may be single-, double-, or treble-ruled (p. 16).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
visual inspection
manuscript analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBlack
RegionArabic
Source Information
AuthorGacek, Adam. Arabic manuscripts: a vadenecum for readers. London: Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation, 2009.
CollectionUnknown
Language
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