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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings from Mistress Stella-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are two primary types of ink used in period.
One is to soak oak galls in water, then add iron sulfate (a period dye mordant).
The material that precipitates out is the pigment. Gum arabic was used for the
binder. The other type of ink uses carbon black and gum arabic. Many calligraphy
books have recipes for ink. See The Calligrapher's Handbook by Heather Child,
pp.39-44. Chinese stick ink is also period and sets with grinding stones may be
purchased at art stores and oriental shops.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> In service, HE
Stella</FONT></DIV>
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<A href="mailto:DonValentyn@JeffTurnerFiction.com"
title=DonValentyn@JeffTurnerFiction.com>Valentyn Drake</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:elfsea@ansteorra.org"
title=elfsea@ansteorra.org>'Barony of Elfsea'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 27, 2004 8:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Elfsea] Making calligraphy
ink</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Does anyone have a
source, online or offline, for making 16<SUP>th</SUP> century calligraphy
ink? A friend of mine is trying to research the process(es) and my
knowledge of such things is, well, zilch.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Valentyn<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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