black ink

Egypt
7th Century
Source: Chroniques du Manuscrit au Yémen, 7 (Juillet 2018), p. 30
Recipe Details

Evidence

"The text is written with black ink in the simple Kufic script."

Remarks

This second manuscript revealed in Cairo belonged to ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib, the fourth among the Rightly Guided Caliphs (p. 30). It contains 504 leaves made of large pieces, and its binding dates back to the Ottoman period (p. 30). Like the ʿUṯmān Qurʾan, it was previously stored in the Imam Ḥusayn Mosque (p. 30).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
Paper Typeleaves
ColorBlack
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year650
Source Information
AuthorChroniques du Manuscrit au Yémen, 7
CollectionCentral Library for Islamic Manuscripts of the Al-Sayyida Zaynab Mosque (Cairo)
Language
N/A
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