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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 
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 
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 
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 
Making liquid soap out of a bar: https://tinyurl.com/yx3ndnla 

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 
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 
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