dark-brown ink
Hijaz
7th Century
Source: Marx, Michael Josef, and Tobias J. Jocham. 'Radiocarbon (14C) Dating of Qurʾān Manuscripts.' In Quatremère’s Studies (2019): 188-221.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
soot
Preparation Steps
Dating of soot-based inks is noted as problematic due to the extraction volume required (p. 207). The manuscripts utilize a 'dark-brown ink' for the primary layer (p. 207).
Original Recipe Text
Dating of soot-based inks is noted as problematic due to the extraction volume required (p. 207). The manuscripts utilize a 'dark-brown ink' for the primary layer (p. 207).
Evidence
"The four manuscripts in concern use—as do most Ḥiǧāzī manuscripts—a dark-brown ink for the first layer, which was probably even darker, if not black, 1,400 years ago."
Remarks
Manuscripts Ma VI 165 and We. II 1913 exhibit additions and corrections in black ink and vowel signs in red ink (p. 207). It is noted that the dark-brown ink in Berlin codex We. II 1913 was largely overwritten with black ink (p. 207). The study mentions that while ink analysis cannot currently provide precise dating, it can clarify the sequence of application and point of origin if more data becomes available (p. 207).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
scientific ink analyses
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBrown
RegionHijaz
Approx. Year650
Source Information
AuthorMarx, Michael Josef, and Tobias J. Jocham. 'Radiocarbon
CollectionḤiǧāzī manuscripts
Language
N/A
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