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A look at the Kufic script of some astrolabes: http://tinyurl.com/yh8ltyxy
Visual analysis of materials in Or.6573: https://tinyurl.com/yfo23yma
A look at the Kufic script of some astrolabes: http://tinyurl.com/yh8ltyxy
Visual analysis of materials in Or.6573: https://tinyurl.com/yfo23yma
Photos of raw materials: http://tinyurl.com/yh4e5tx8
Testing a sumac ink: http://tinyurl.com/yf634efk
Testing a traveller's ink: http://tinyurl.com/yz43jo63
Let's make verdigris: http://tinyurl.com/w653axm
Testing a sumac ink: http://tinyurl.com/yf634efk
Testing a traveller's ink: http://tinyurl.com/yz43jo63
Let's make verdigris: http://tinyurl.com/w653axm
Discussion on preservation – can tannin really deter mould? http://tinyurl.com/smtaqha
Testing an "incomplete ink" recipe: http://tinyurl.com/w9oj5to
An attempt to make ink with copper salt: http://tinyurl.com/unouj6a
Pomegranate ink: https://tinyurl.com/sp5clkf
Testing an "incomplete ink" recipe: http://tinyurl.com/w9oj5to
An attempt to make ink with copper salt: http://tinyurl.com/unouj6a
Pomegranate ink: https://tinyurl.com/sp5clkf
Mulberry ink: https://tinyurl.com/u3egjby
Sappanwood inks: https://tinyurl.com/sfrmlfu
Apricot-yellow paint: https://tinyurl.com/vl7fqqw
Emerald ink: https://tinyurl.com/ra5bvkm
A complex, compound black "ink": https://tinyurl.com/thb2z3e
Sappanwood inks: https://tinyurl.com/sfrmlfu
Apricot-yellow paint: https://tinyurl.com/vl7fqqw
Emerald ink: https://tinyurl.com/ra5bvkm
A complex, compound black "ink": https://tinyurl.com/thb2z3e
Making liquid soap out of a bar: https://tinyurl.com/yx3ndnla
Preserving yoghurt as labneh balls in oil: https://tinyurl.com/rvs3mon
Preserving yoghurt as labneh balls in oil: https://tinyurl.com/rvs3mon
Ink the colour of pomegranate blossom https://tinyurl.com/y7xn8wg7
Sappanwood dye https://tinyurl.com/yalvm35y
The role of honey in colourmaking https://tinyurl.com/y85y3lf8
The mystery of عروق الصباغين https://tinyurl.com/y9l8qhue
Translation in progress: Umdat al Kuttab https://tinyurl.com/yd9tdmbs
Sappanwood dye https://tinyurl.com/yalvm35y
The role of honey in colourmaking https://tinyurl.com/y85y3lf8
The mystery of عروق الصباغين https://tinyurl.com/y9l8qhue
Translation in progress: Umdat al Kuttab https://tinyurl.com/yd9tdmbs
Homemade oil lamp for carbon black production https://tinyurl.com/y7w4jeuj
Medieval correction fluid https://tinyurl.com/y9lv4u8p
Clear-to-golden sparkly ink https://tinyurl.com/yaboya35
Pumice eraser https://tinyurl.com/y757avhj
Medieval correction fluid https://tinyurl.com/y9lv4u8p
Clear-to-golden sparkly ink https://tinyurl.com/yaboya35
Pumice eraser https://tinyurl.com/y757avhj
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