kardeş kanı
Turkey
20th Century
Source: Karolewski, Janina. "The Education of Alevi Religious Specialists and their Manuscripts: Ali Göktürk Dede from Şeyh Hasan Köyü, Turkey." In: Tracing Manuscripts in Time and Space through Paratexts, edited by Giovanni Ciotti and Hang Lin. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
kardeş kanı, galium spurium, rubia tinctorum, madder
Preparation Steps
The red ink was produced from a plant known locally as 'kardeş kanı' (p. 161). Footnote 40 identifies this plant as potentially 'galium spurium subsp. ibicinum' (false cleaver) or 'rubia tinctorum L.' (madder), the latter known as 'kökboya' in Turkish (p. 161). The informant noted that learning to make this ink was a requisite part of his early religious education, alongside the preparation of reed pens (kalems) from trees found on the banks of the Euphrates (p. 161).
Original Recipe Text
The red ink was produced from a plant known locally as 'kardeş kanı' (p. 161). Footnote 40 identifies this plant as potentially 'galium spurium subsp. ibicinum' (false cleaver) or 'rubia tinctorum L.' (madder), the latter known as 'kökboya' in Turkish (p. 161). The informant noted that learning to make this ink was a requisite part of his early religious education, alongside the preparation of reed pens (kalems) from trees found on the banks of the Euphrates (p. 161).
Evidence
"Regarding inks, he explained that red ink was produced from a plant named kardeş kanı"
Remarks
The use of madder or similar plants for red ink underscores the reliance on local natural resources for manuscript production in the Elazığ/Malatya region (p. 161). This ink was utilized for headings or specific notations within religious manuscripts and lithographs during the student's training (p. 161). The name 'kardeş kanı' translates to 'brother's blood', which may have symbolic significance in the Alevi tradition (p. 161).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
visual inspection
interviews
oral history
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorRed
RegionTurkey
Approx. Year1950
Source Information
AuthorKarolewski, Janina. "The Education of Alevi Religious Specialists and their Manuscripts: Ali Göktürk Dede from Şeyh Hasan Köyü, Turkey." In: Tracing Manuscripts in Time and Space through Paratexts, edited by Giovanni Ciotti and Hang Lin. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
CollectionŞeyh Hasan Köyü
Language
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