black ink
India
17th Century
Source: Shelfmark: Wellcome Islamic Calligraphy 37
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The manuscript uses a 'spiral' letter format. The buff paper is decorated with gold sprinkles (p. 85), a common luxury finishing technique in Indo-Persian calligraphy.
Original Recipe Text
The manuscript uses a 'spiral' letter format. The buff paper is decorated with gold sprinkles (p. 85), a common luxury finishing technique in Indo-Persian calligraphy.
Evidence
"Text (in shekaste-ta‘līq) is written in black ink on buff paper with gold sprinkles."
Remarks
The paper has been trimmed. It mentions campaigns around Burhānpūr, a center of Mughal power (p. 85). Diacritical dots are frequently missing in the text.
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typebuff paper with gold sprinkles
Colorbuff
RegionIndia
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorShelfmark: Wellcome Islamic Calligraphy 37
CollectionIndian
Language
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