Iron-gall ink
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
Evidence
"Huntington 80, fol. 165r Mishneh Torah Bodleian Library, Oxford Reflectography + XRF Iron-gall ink"
Remarks
Autograph of Mishneh Torah. This sample confirms Maimonides used iron-gall ink for major religious/legal compilations. The study emphasizes that material analysis of such inks can be used as an additional criterion for joining fragments into a single manuscript (p. 167).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Reflectography
XRF
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1150
Source Information
AuthorCohen, Zina
CollectionHuntington 80, fol. 165r
Language
N/A
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