coloured inks

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

The ink is applied to a cotton shirt. The vocabulary includes a combination of Qur’anic passages and invocations featuring some of the Ninety-Nine Names of God, including al-hayy al-qayyum (p. 58).

Evidence

"Its surface is entirely covered by inscriptions written in four different styles, kufic, thulth, naskh, and ghubayr, the micro-script traditionally used for pigeon post. These appear in interlocking or discrete ogival cartouches, arranged symmetrically on both the front and back. Executed in coloured ink and gold"

Remarks

The shirt was most likely intended for ceremonial purposes rather than battle, as indicated by its split design meant to be worn over other clothes and its lack of sweat stains (p. 58).