pages

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

The manuscript consisted of 'pages' (p. 16) that were physically robust enough to undergo immersion or washing at a mosque, though the ink was lost in the process.

Evidence

"they seized the book from his home and washed the pages at the local mosque, dissolving the ink."

Remarks

The substrate of Ibn Fahd's 16th-century book was subjected to a washing process at a mosque in Mecca (p. 16). This physical treatment was intended to remove text deemed offensive by the community. The fact that the 'pages' survived the seizure and washing suggests they were made of a durable material, likely paper or possibly parchment, though 'pages' is the term provided in the text (p. 16).