Cinnabar

Morocco
9th Century
Source: Oubelkacem, Y., et al. (2020). 2020 6th IEEE Congress on Information Science and Technology (CiSt), 173-177.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

mercury sulfide

Preparation Steps

Natural cinnabar was used to produce bright-orange red colors in the manuscripts (p. 177).

Original Recipe Text

Natural cinnabar was used to produce bright-orange red colors in the manuscripts (p. 177).

Evidence

"Cinnabar for bright-orange reds (p. 177)."
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionHgS
Analytical Techniques
Raman
XRF
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorOrange
RegionMorocco
Approx. Year850
Source Information
TitleNon-invasive physicochemical investigations of ancient Moroccan Islamic and Jewish parchments
AuthorOubelkacem, Y., et al.
CollectionMeknes
Language
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