Traces of ink [electronic resource] : experiences of philology and replication / edited by Lucia Raggetti.

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"Traces of Ink. Experiences of Philology and Replication is a collection of original papers exploring the textual and material aspects of inks and ink-making in a number of premodern cultures (Babylonia, the Graeco-Roman world, the Syriac milieu and the Arabo-Islamic tradition). The volume proposes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Raggetti, Lucia (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Nuncius series: Studies and sources in the material and visual history of science, volume 7
Subjects:
Ink > History > To 1500.
Writing materials and instruments > History > To 1500.
Online Access:
Books at JSTOR: Open Access: 2021 (JSTOR)
Brill Open e-Books: 2021 (Brill)
Variant Title:
Traces of Ink: Experiences of Philology and Replication
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction / Lucia Raggetti
  • WoW! Writing on Wax in Ancient Mesopotamia and Today: Questions and Results from an Interdisciplinary Project / Katja Weirauch and Michele Cammarosano
  • Written in Blood? Decoding Some Red Inks of the Greek Magical Papyri / Miriam Blanco Cesteros
  • Ink in Herculaneum: A Survey of Recent Perspectives / Vincenzo Damiani
  • Material Studies of Historic Inks: Transition from Carbon to Iron-Gall Inks / Ira Rabin
  • 'Alchemical' Inks in the Syriac Tradition / Matteo Martelli
  • The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making / Sara Fani
  • "I tried it and it is really good" Replicating Recipes of Arabic Black Inks / Claudia Colini
  • Ordinary Inks and Incredible Tricks in al-'Irāqī's'Uyūn al-ḥaqā'iq / Lucia Raggetti.