gold and blue
Egypt
14th Century
Source: Al-Saleh, Y. "A Talismanic Scroll: Language, Illumination, and Diagrams."
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The pigments are used for talismanic illustrations throughout the scroll. Gold and blue are intermingled within the text of Sūrat al-Anfāl (p. 171). A gold spear is decorated with blue accents (p. 171). Gold flame-like depictions are used to represent Moses' hand (al-yad al-bayḍaʾ), often with blue outlines and faded blue accents (p. 172).
Original Recipe Text
The pigments are used for talismanic illustrations throughout the scroll. Gold and blue are intermingled within the text of Sūrat al-Anfāl (p. 171). A gold spear is decorated with blue accents (p. 171). Gold flame-like depictions are used to represent Moses' hand (al-yad al-bayḍaʾ), often with blue outlines and faded blue accents (p. 172).
Evidence
"A gold spear with blue accents adorns the next section entitled: “against being pierced by a spear” (lī-ṭaʿn al-ramḥ)."
Remarks
Illuminations include weapons (swords, arrows, spears) and worldly/supernatural dangers (snakes, scorpions) rendered in gold and blue pigments (p. 169-172). The blue is used both as an outline for gold elements and as independent accents in the rhythmic pattern of the scroll's decoration (p. 172).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBlue
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1350
Source Information
AuthorAl-Saleh, Y. "A Talismanic Scroll: Language, Illumination, and Diagrams."
CollectionLNS 12 MS–V 9–V 10
Language
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