Traces of ink
Subtitle: experiences of philology and replication
By: edited by Lucia Raggetti
Series: Nuncius series : studies and sources in the material and visual history of science -- volume 7; Nuncius series -- v. 7
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9789004421110; 9789004444805
Subjects: Ink; History; Writing materials and instruments
Description: "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. Contributors are: Miriam Blanco Cesteros, Michele Cammarosano, Claudia Colini, Vincenzo Damiani, Sara Fani, Matteo Martelli, Ira Rabin, Lucia Raggetti, and Katja Weirauch"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Lucia Raggetti; title: WoW! Writing on Wax in Ancient Mesopotamia and Today: Questions and Results from an Interdisciplinary Project / Katja Weirauch and Michele Cammarosano; title: Written in Blood? Decoding Some Red Inks of the Greek Magical Papyri / Miriam Blanco Cesteros; title: Ink in Herculaneum: A Survey of Recent Perspectives / Vincenzo Damiani; title: Material Studies of Historic Inks: Transition from Carbon to Iron-Gall Inks / Ira Rabin; title: 'Alchemical' Inks in the Syriac Tradition / Matteo Martelli; title: The Literary Dimension and Life of Arabic Treatises on Ink Making / Sara Fani; title: "I tried it and it is really good" Replicating Recipes of Arabic Black Inks / Claudia Colini; title: Ordinary Inks and Incredible Tricks in al-'Irāqī's'Uyūn al-ḥaqā'iq / Lucia Raggetti.