coloured ink

Egypt
9th Century
Source: Gacek, Adam. (2009). Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary. pp. 262-281.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

red ink, green ink, black ink

Preparation Steps

In Hadith compilations, scholars recommended drawing a large circle in either red or black ink as a mark of separation between different ḥadīth (p. 269). Coloured inks were also used to mark variant readings and additions within the manuscript body (p. 272).

Original Recipe Text

In Hadith compilations, scholars recommended drawing a large circle in either red or black ink as a mark of separation between different ḥadīth (p. 269). Coloured inks were also used to mark variant readings and additions within the manuscript body (p. 272).

Evidence

"indicating the name of the transmitter and/or additions and omissions using red, green (or other coloured) ink"

Remarks

In a copy of al-Jami' by Abd Allah ibn Wahb (d. 813), colored inks (red/green) and round brackets (taḥwīq) were used to denote textual variants (p. 272). Similarly, in the 16th century, Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmilī al-Ḥārithī recommended the letter hāʾ (mashqūqah) be used to distinguish author commentary from ḥadīth text (p. 269).

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Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorGreen
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year850
Source Information
AuthorGacek, Adam.
CollectionEgypt (copy of al-Jami')
Language
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