Iraqi verdigris (الزنجار العراقي)
Iraq
13th Century
Source: Lucia Raggetti, "Ordinary Inks and Incredible Tricks in al-ʿIrāqī’s ʿUyūn al-ḥaqāʾiq," in Alchemy in the Making, 2021, pp. 154-200.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
Iraqi verdigris, wine vinegar, gum arabic
Preparation Steps
Iraqi verdigris is ground well with wine vinegar. Gum arabic (or water of gum arabic) is then poured onto the mixture (p. 169).
Original Recipe Text
Iraqi verdigris is ground well with wine vinegar. Gum arabic (or water of gum arabic) is then poured onto the mixture (p. 169).
Evidence
"Grind Iraqi verdigris with wine vinegar well, then pour the gum onto it and do with it what you wish. (p. 169)"
Remarks
Also used to make Pistachio ink (Recipe [7]) by adding two dāniq of freshly plucked saffron to the verdigris mixture (p. 169).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Philological analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGreen
RegionIraq
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorLucia Raggetti, "Ordinary Inks and Incredible Tricks in al-ʿIrāqī’s ʿUyūn al-ḥaqāʾiq," in Alchemy in the Making, 2021, pp. 154-200.
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Language
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