brown ink
Arabia
7th Century
Source: Olsen, R. B. (2024). Beyond Words: Calligraphy from the World of Islam. Orientations, 55(4), 2-9.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The manuscript contains two layers of writing. The main text layer is executed in a dense brown ink. Underneath this, a sublayer of lighter brown ink is visible, representing an earlier text that was erased to allow for the reuse of the parchment (p. 4).
Original Recipe Text
The manuscript contains two layers of writing. The main text layer is executed in a dense brown ink. Underneath this, a sublayer of lighter brown ink is visible, representing an earlier text that was erased to allow for the reuse of the parchment (p. 4).
Evidence
"The leaf, which contains passages from sura (chapter) 2, ‘The Cow’, is densely covered in Arabic script executed in brown ink."
Remarks
The manuscript is a palimpsest. The residues of the original ink layer, which had been erased to recycle the parchment, have become visible again over time due to chemical or physical degradation of the surface (p. 4).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
palaeographic analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBrown
RegionArabia
Approx. Year650
Source Information
AuthorOlsen, R. B.
Collectional-Hijaz
Language
N/A
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