colored metallic and invisible ones
Iraq
13th Century
Source: Eurasian Studies 19 (2021) 295–316
Recipe Details
Ingredients
metals
Preparation Steps
About 40 ink recipes included in the handbook 'Uyūn al-ḥaqāʾiq' written by al-Irāqī. These recipes focus on the 'preparation of peculiar inks, namely of colored metallic and invisible ones' (p. 305). The preparation is associated with the realm of magic, alchemy, and 'tricks and wonders' (p. 305).
Original Recipe Text
About 40 ink recipes included in the handbook 'Uyūn al-ḥaqāʾiq' written by al-Irāqī. These recipes focus on the 'preparation of peculiar inks, namely of colored metallic and invisible ones' (p. 305). The preparation is associated with the realm of magic, alchemy, and 'tricks and wonders' (p. 305).
Evidence
"Raggetti uses eight witnesses of the al-Irāqī’s handbook to compile what she calls a 'laboratory edition', that is a philological edition specifically intended for making available technical information for the replication of the recipes."
Remarks
The work relies on eight different witnesses of al-Irāqī’s handbook to compile technical variants. The edition is specifically designed to provide information for laboratory replication, selecting variants with technical meaning for the apparatus (p. 306).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
chemistry laboratory analysis
philological experiment
study of textual criticism
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorRed
RegionIraq
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorEurasian Studies 19
CollectionArabic handbook written by the 13th-century alchemist al-Irāqī
Language
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