Traces of Ink : Experiences of Philology and Replication / Lucia Raggetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raggetti, Lucia, author.

Series:

Nuncius Hamburgensis ; Volume 7.

Nuncius Series ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ink--History--To 1500.

Ink.

Writing materials and instruments--History--To 1500.

Writing materials and instruments.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (202 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2021

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2021]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 a fresh and interdisciplinary approach to the study of technical traditions, in which new results can be achieved thanks to the close collaboration between philologists and scientists. Replication represents a crucial meeting point between these two parties: a properly edited text informs the experts in the laboratory who, in turn, may shed light on many aspects of the text by recreating the material reality behind it. Readership: Historians of premodern science, philologists working on the Graeco-Roman, Syriac, and Arabic tradition, along with chemists and natural scientists, in particular those cooperating with humanists.

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.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-44480-7

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access