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Original Recipe Text

The treatise serves as a manual for professional scribes, detailing the 'adawat al-kitaba' (writing tools). It specifically references the 'dawat' (inkwell) and the act of 'imdad' (extending ink) (p. 106). The text further describes techniques for 'tabdil al-huruuf' (altering letters/inks) in a hidden manner (p. 100), implying the use of specialized ink formulations for confidentiality or professional mastery within the Abbasid bureaucracy (p. 116).

Evidence

"الرسالة العذراء في موازين البلاغة وأدوات الكتابة ... صورة الورقة الأولى من فهرس مجاميع تيمور رقم 80"

Remarks

The editor, Yusuf Muhammad Fathi Abd al-Wahhab, performed a detailed codicological and philological study of the unique manuscript Majami' Taymur 80, dating it to the first third of the 4th century AH (p. 109). The ink as seen in the plates is a dense black color, maintaining excellent legibility despite the age of the document (p. 112).