lead plummet
8th Century
Source: Gacek, A. (2009). The Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary with Explanatory Notes - Companion Volume. Brill.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
lead
Evidence
"The ruling of the main area of the page... was done either by means of a dry point (a stylus), lead plummet (early form of a pencil), ink"
Remarks
Lead plummet was used as an early form of a pencil to rule the body of the text. It was one of several methods including dry point and ink (p. 203).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionPb
Analytical Techniques
visual observation
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGrey
Approx. Year750
Source Information
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