mixed ink

Ingredients

carbon-based ink, iron

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

A mixed ink consisting of a carbon-based ink base with a 'considerable addition of iron' (p. 149). Similar to the main text ink, it does not contain vitriolic satellite elements (p. 149).

Evidence

"The autographs of the witnesses were in fact written with a mixed ink, as the ink contains large amounts of iron. However, none of the vitriolic satellite element of iron were found in those inks either. Therefore, we conclude that we have here a mixed ink that consists of a carbon-based ink with a considerable addition of iron."

Remarks

This mixed ink was used by witnesses for signatures on the same paper document as the iron-gall main text. This pattern of using different inks for main text and signatures is designated as 'case 2' (p. 149).