gold and silver powder
India
13th Century
Source: M.S. Khân, "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA", pp. 717-728.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gold, silver
Preparation Steps
Gold and silver were prepared as fine powders to be mixed as metallic ingredients in ink recipes (p. 724).
Original Recipe Text
Gold and silver were prepared as fine powders to be mixed as metallic ingredients in ink recipes (p. 724).
Evidence
"The materials used for this were herbal substances or metalic ingredients. The ingredients used were lamp-black, charcoal, gum, burnt husk of almond, gold and silver powder and others."
Remarks
The use of gold and silver powder in ink making is explicitly listed alongside more common ingredients like charcoal and lamp-black, indicating the existence of metallic pigments for calligraphy (p. 724).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAu, Ag
Analytical Techniques
historical text analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorSilver
RegionIndia
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorM.S. Khân, "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA", pp. 717-728.
CollectionRasaratnâkara
Language
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