cinnabar

Name: cinnabar
Cuisine: Byzantium
Ingredients: cinnabar

Byzantium

15th Century

Source: Rabitsch, S., Malissa, A., Hradil, K., Erlach, R., Uhlir, K., Griesser, M., & Hofmann, C. "The silver inks of the Vienna Genesis."

Recipe Details

cinnabar

"A few transfers of red ink identified as cinnabar were found as well."

Found as transfers from strips of Latin manuscripts used in later bindings or notes (p. 128).

Scientific Analysis

Chemical CompositionHgS

Analytical Techniques

XRF

Certainty Level

Confirmed

Instrumentally Verified

Not Verified

Metadata

Material Type

pigment

ColorRed

RegionByzantium

Approx. Year1450

Source Information

AuthorRabitsch, S., Malissa, A., Hradil, K., Erlach, R., Uhlir, K., Griesser, M., & Hofmann, C. "The silver inks of the Vienna Genesis."

CollectionVienna Genesis

Language

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