karan dafii
Nigeria
19th Century
Source: M. Biddle / Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 2 (2011) 1-35
Recipe Details
Ingredients
guinea corn (Sorghum bicolor / BL17)
Preparation Steps
A red dye produced from common guinea corn (p. 27). Used specifically for rubrication (headings) or to modify the color of other inks (p. 20, 27).
Original Recipe Text
A red dye produced from common guinea corn (p. 27). Used specifically for rubrication (headings) or to modify the color of other inks (p. 20, 27).
Evidence
"The dyer produced a red dye, karan dafii, from common guinea corn that the malam could use for rubrication or for modifying another ink."
Remarks
Sorghum (BL17) was a key botanical resource relied upon by peripatetic scholars for red ink (p. 20). Its use demonstrates the interdependency between the malam, the dyer, and the agriculturalist (p. 27).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Ethnocultural recipe analysis
Chemical examination
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
RegionNigeria
Approx. Year1850
Source Information
AuthorM. Biddle / Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 2
CollectionNorthern Nigerian manuscripts
Language
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