black and red ink
Turkey
17th Century
Source: Jan Schmidt, ‘From ‘One-Volume Libraries’ to Scrapbooks’, in Multiple-Text Manuscripts in Multiple Manuscript Cultures, 2016, pp. 215-232.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The ink is applied to the paper to distinguish between primary text and explanations, with red ink specifically used for rubrics and headings throughout the manuscript Leiden Or. 644 (p. 224, 230).
Original Recipe Text
The ink is applied to the paper to distinguish between primary text and explanations, with red ink specifically used for rubrics and headings throughout the manuscript Leiden Or. 644 (p. 224, 230).
Evidence
"A glossary of magic words with explanations in Arabic (black and red ink), and a table of magic signs ascribed to the pen of Milayanus al-Hakim (257a–b)"
Remarks
In the descriptive appendix of Leiden Or. 644, red ink is frequently identified for 'rubrics' in red (p. 224). The manuscript is described as a 'treasure trove of intellectual Ottoman history' consisting of various quires and fragments collected in the mid-17th century (p. 218).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual observation
Codicological description
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorRed
RegionTurkey
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorJan Schmidt, ‘From ‘One-Volume Libraries’ to Scrapbooks’, in Multiple-Text Manuscripts in Multiple Manuscript Cultures, 2016, pp. 215-232.
CollectionIstanbul
Language
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