burnt seed ink
Unknown
18th Century
Source: Claudia Colini, 'Ink Making by the Book: Learning a Craft in the Arabic World', in Manuscript Cultures, 2018, pp. 117-126.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
nawa al-balah, al-bunduq, al-zaj, samgh 'arabi
Preparation Steps
A chapter in the manuscript (al-fasl al-thani) describes making ink from burnt seeds (p. 120, Fig. 1). Ingredients include date pits (nawa al-balah) and hazelnuts (al-bunduq), which are charred and then mixed with vitriol (al-zaj) and gum arabic (samgh 'arabi).
Original Recipe Text
A chapter in the manuscript (al-fasl al-thani) describes making ink from burnt seeds (p. 120, Fig. 1). Ingredients include date pits (nawa al-balah) and hazelnuts (al-bunduq), which are charred and then mixed with vitriol (al-zaj) and gum arabic (samgh 'arabi).
Evidence
"Indented frame; Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Or. 326, fol. 3v"
Remarks
The text on fol. 3v is framed with an indented layout common in some 18th-century scientific manuscripts (p. 120).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
recipe transcription
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
Bindersamgh 'arabi
ColorBlack
RegionUnknown
Approx. Year1750
Source Information
AuthorClaudia Colini, 'Ink Making by the Book: Learning a Craft in the Arabic World', in Manuscript Cultures, 2018, pp. 117-126.
CollectionLeipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Or. 326
Language
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