ink, gold, silver script
China
15th Century
Source: Fraser, M. (2022). Beyond the Taklamakan: The Origins and Stylistic Development of Qurʾan Manuscripts in China. In M. Gibson (Ed.), Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning (pp. 180-199). London: Gingko.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gold, silver, ink
Preparation Steps
The text mentions that for a specific group of manuscripts from the seventeenth and eighteenth century, text is written in 'gold and/or silver script' (p. 193). In others, such as a 1401 manuscript from Khanbaliq, 'ink' is used along with 'gold' (p. 181).
Original Recipe Text
The text mentions that for a specific group of manuscripts from the seventeenth and eighteenth century, text is written in 'gold and/or silver script' (p. 193). In others, such as a 1401 manuscript from Khanbaliq, 'ink' is used along with 'gold' (p. 181).
Evidence
"the folios are made of blue paper with the text in gold and/or silver script, and in three of the manuscripts each page has a central text panel painted with a black glaze on which the gold and silver calligraphy is written"
Remarks
The most common script in these Chinese Qur'ans is derived from muhaqqaq, often featuring an 'emphatic horizontality' and 'flat, straight and stretched sublinear extensions' (p. 181). In a 1337 manuscript, 'eccentric, highly ornate and hugely oversized looping script' is used for the bismillahs (p. 190).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual codicological analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorSilver
RegionChina
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorFraser, M.
CollectionKhanbaliq (Beijing)
Language
N/A
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