black ink
England
15th Century
Source: Bahr, Arthur, and Alexandra Gillespie. 'Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play.' In The Idea of the Remedy Collection, 108-127.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"the scribe does seem to have written the title ‘for hede ache’ in black (rather than red) ink"
Remarks
In MS Lansdowne 680, f. 35r, the scribe utilized black ink for the recipe title 'for hede ache' where rubrication (red ink) would normally be expected. This manuscript lacks a contents page and consistent finding aids, but includes intermittent rubricated titles that eventually cease, leaving blank spaces partway through the collection (p. 117). The author suggests the lack of ink for rubrication at hand might have been a reason for this cessation (p. 118).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
codicological analysis
visual inspection
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionEngland
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorBahr, Arthur, and Alexandra Gillespie. 'Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play.' In The Idea of the Remedy Collection, 108-127.
CollectionLondon, British Library, MS Lansdowne 680
Language
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