aḥbār
Iraq
13th Century
Source: Claudia Colini, "Ink Making by the Book: Learning a Craft in the Arabic World", pp. 117-126.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
This is a specialized treatise on inks titled 'Kitāb al-azhār fī ʿamal al-aḥbār' (The book of flowers in the making of inks) composed in 1251 CE (p. 119).
Original Recipe Text
This is a specialized treatise on inks titled 'Kitāb al-azhār fī ʿamal al-aḥbār' (The book of flowers in the making of inks) composed in 1251 CE (p. 119).
Evidence
"facsimile AM; private collection (published in al-Marrākušī, Kitāb al-Azhār, ed. Šabbūḥ 2001); Muḥammad b. Maymūn b. ʿImrān al-Marrākušī al-Ḥimyarī; Kitāb al-azhār fī ʿamal al-aḥbār; STM; Treatise on inks; 649 AH / 1251 CE; Madrasa Mustanṣiriya Baghdad"
Remarks
One of the earliest dedicated treatises on ink making in the collection (p. 119).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Codicological analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionIraq
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorClaudia Colini, "Ink Making by the Book: Learning a Craft in the Arabic World", pp. 117-126.
CollectionMadrasa Mustanṣiriya Baghdad
Language
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