ṭirs (palimpsest)
Iraq
10th 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
Preparation Steps
The treatise Zīnat al-kataba contains technical instructions for sizing paper to prepare it for writing, as well as methods for treating paper or parchment to allow for reuse (palimpsesting) or to give it an aged appearance (antiquing). (p. 110)
Original Recipe Text
The treatise Zīnat al-kataba contains technical instructions for sizing paper to prepare it for writing, as well as methods for treating paper or parchment to allow for reuse (palimpsesting) or to give it an aged appearance (antiquing). (p. 110)
Evidence
"The work also includes recipes for treatments related to writing supports, such as the sizing of the paper and the reuse (as ṭirs, ‘palimpsest’) or antiquing of parchment"
Remarks
Al-Rāzī's Zīnat al-kataba is noted as the oldest known technical treatise dealing with ink and its associated crafts. The presence of paper sizing recipes indicates the high level of technical sophistication in 10th-century paper processing. (p. 110)
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typeṭirs (palimpsest)
RegionIraq
Approx. Year950
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
Language
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