black ink

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black ink

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Original Recipe Text

The main body of the three texts—the Aqidat al-Iman, the Khutba for Id al-Adha, and the Du'a al-Sabasib—is written primarily in black ink (p. 1028). In the Du'a al-Sabasib, the text consists of 14 handwritten pages with varying line counts, indicating it was written with little care for visual presentation (p. 1029).

Evidence

"The text is in black ink and partially vocalized in red...Introductions are in red ink in the same hand."

Remarks

The ink usage is consistent with early 20th-century scribe/teacher tools (p. 1029). The author describes the handwriting as 'clear and schoolbookish,' suggesting the writer was trained in Arabic writing but not a master of a specific khatt (p. 1028). The black ink contains numerous spelling errors, particularly in Quranic quotes, which the author uses to infer that the writer was educated but perhaps not a fully trained Islamic scholar (p. 1029).