šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān (Anemone petals)
Iraq
9th Century
Source: Sara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making," in Tracing Knowledge: 21st-Century Approaches to the Arabic Book, edited by Fuat Sezgin et al. (Leiden: Brill, 2021), 105-125.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān (Anemone petals)
Preparation Steps
Take the desired quantity of anemone petals (šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān). The material is then processed and stored in a thin glass bottle (qārūra raqīqa). The ink is described as permanent and resistant to fading. (p. 124)
Original Recipe Text
Take the desired quantity of anemone petals (šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān). The material is then processed and stored in a thin glass bottle (qārūra raqīqa). The ink is described as permanent and resistant to fading. (p. 124)
Evidence
"An ink that does not fade and its trace does not disappear... Take what you want of the anemone (šaqāʾiq al-nuʿmān)... and put it in a thin glass bottle."
Remarks
The recipe is variously attributed to Ibn Buḫtīšūʿ and al-Rāzī. It appears in several traditions, including those of al-Marrākušī and al-Qalalūsī. It is noted that the ink also functions as a hair dye and is described in the Al-Marrākušī version as being stored specifically in 'thin Syrian or fine Western bottles'. (p. 120, 124)
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorRed
RegionIraq
Approx. Year850
Source Information
AuthorSara Fani, "The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making," in Tracing Knowledge: 21st-Century Approaches to the Arabic Book, edited by Fuat Sezgin et al.
CollectionZīnat al-kataba / Kitāb al-azhār
Language
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