مداد مصرى نجيب
Egypt
Recipe Details
Ingredients
زيت الفجل, دخان
Preparation Steps
Light a wick using radish oil (زيت الفجل). Place a new pottery vessel (فخارة) over the flame, raised slightly from the ground to allow airflow. Collect the soot (دخان) that accumulates inside the vessel. This soot is then processed similarly to chickpea soot (p. 85).
Original Recipe Text
Light a wick using radish oil (زيت الفجل). Place a new pottery vessel (فخارة) over the flame, raised slightly from the ground to allow airflow. Collect the soot (دخان) that accumulates inside the vessel. This soot is then processed similarly to chickpea soot (p. 85).
Evidence
"تسرح فتيلة من زيت الفجل ، وتأخذ فخارة مثل قدرة جديدة [ فتكبها على الفتيلة ] وترفعها عن الأرض مقدار ما يدخل الهواء ، وتأخذ ما تعلق فيها من الدخان فتعمله كمل دخان الحمص ."
Remarks
The recipe describes a fundamental lampblack production method using specialized vegetable oils to produce high-quality soot for carbon ink (p. 85).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionEgypt
Source Information
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