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

• Superior document: Nuncius Series ; Volume 7
• VerfasserIn: Raggetti, Lucia,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Nuncius Hamburgensis ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (202 p.)

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.

Table of 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.