bamboo chalk
Egypt
10th Century
Source: Efraim Lev, 'Mediators between Theoretical and Practical Medieval Knowledge', Medical History, 2013, 57(4), 507–515.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
berberry, nard, liquorice, chate melon, bamboo chalk, purslane, rose, saffron, starch, clean lac
Preparation Steps
Included in the recipe for berberry pastilles: Take berberry and clean nard, stick of liquorice (2 dirhams), peeled seeds of chate melon (2 dirhams), and bamboo chalk (p. 509).
Original Recipe Text
Included in the recipe for berberry pastilles: Take berberry and clean nard, stick of liquorice (2 dirhams), peeled seeds of chate melon (2 dirhams), and bamboo chalk (p. 509).
Evidence
"6. 2 dirhams, and bamboo chalk"
Remarks
Identified as 'tabasheer' in medieval pharmacology, bamboo chalk is a mineral ingredient (silica) derived from bamboo joints, here included in a medicinal pastille recipe (p. 509, 511).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Transcription
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Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year950
Source Information
AuthorEfraim Lev, 'Mediators between Theoretical and Practical Medieval Knowledge', Medical History, 2013, 57
CollectionT–S Ar.45.40
Language
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