ورق الفضة

Egypt
18th Century
Source: Al-Jabarti, Abd al-Rahman. Aja'ib al-Athar fi al-Tarajim wa-al-Akhbar. Cairo, 18th-19th Century.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

الفضة

Preparation Steps

The text refers to silver in leaf form (waraq al-fidda) being inventoried and sold among other items from the treasury (p. 238).

Original Recipe Text

The text refers to silver in leaf form (waraq al-fidda) being inventoried and sold among other items from the treasury (p. 238).

Evidence

"فباعوا من ورق الذهب والفضة"

Remarks

Silver leaf is mentioned as an asset alongside gold leaf in the context of the liquidation of property following the death or displacement of Ottoman-era officials. (p. 238)

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAg
Analytical Techniques
معاينة بصرية
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
Colorالفضة
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1750
Source Information
AuthorAl-Jabarti, Abd al-Rahman. Aja'ib al-Athar fi al-Tarajim wa-al-Akhbar. Cairo, 18th-19th Century.
Collectionمصر
Language
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