Carbon ink (doodle)
Egypt
12th Century
Source: Cohen, Zina (2022). Implications of This Research, Conclusions and Outlook. In: Cohen, Z. Composition of the Primary Inks in the Cairo Genizah. Brill.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
Found in a draft of 'The Guide for the Perplexed'. The use of carbon ink for doodles alongside iron-gall ink for main text demonstrates the coexistence of different ink types in a single working document (p. 166).
Original Recipe Text
Found in a draft of 'The Guide for the Perplexed'. The use of carbon ink for doodles alongside iron-gall ink for main text demonstrates the coexistence of different ink types in a single working document (p. 166).
Evidence
"T-S 10Ka4.1 The Guide for the Perplexed CUL Reflectography + XRF Carbon ink (doodle) and iron-gall ink (text)"
Remarks
Analysis of the draft of The Guide for the Perplexed clearly shows that Maimonides used both carbon and iron-gall ink within the same manuscript (p. 166). This supports the theory that he used whatever black ink was readily available at the time of writing.
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Reflectography
XRF
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1150
Source Information
AuthorCohen, Zina
CollectionT-S 10Ka4.1
Language
N/A
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