carbon ink
Italy
1th Century
Recipe Details
Ingredients
soot, gum Arabic
Preparation Steps
Recipes recorded by Pliny the Elder and Vitruvius describe the preparation of carbon ink by mixing soot and gum Arabic (p. 91).
Original Recipe Text
Recipes recorded by Pliny the Elder and Vitruvius describe the preparation of carbon ink by mixing soot and gum Arabic (p. 91).
Remarks
The paper notes that carbon inks were standard in Antiquity and that medieval European copies of these recipes were likely mere transcriptions of ancient practices (p. 91).
Scientific Analysis
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionItaly
Approx. Year50
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionUnknown
Language
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