black carbon-based ink

Nepal
15th Century
Source: Delhey, Martin (2021). The ‘Vanaratna Codex’: A Rare Document of Buddhist Text Transmission (London, Royal Asiatic Society, Hodgson MS 35). In: Eva Wilden (ed.), Modifying Tradition: Adaptations. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Recipe Details

Evidence

"The texts are written with black carbon-based ink."

Remarks

The ink is used to write texts in Old Bengali script (p. 382). A sudden change of ink is noted on folio 47 recto, marking a point where the scribe (likely Vanaratna himself) did not immediately continue writing the second group of texts (p. 384).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionNepal
Approx. Year1450
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