SC - Re: Honey
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Fri May 26 23:07:23 PDT 2000
Now that I've had a moment to look through my books here's what I can recall
about period ink making. . .
I think _On divers arts_ by Theopolis may have a recipe and Daniel V.
Thompson covers the basic technique in _The Materials and Techniques of
Medieval Painting_ in his discussion on black paints.
The basic idea for may period inks is to rely on the natural chemical
reaction between the tannin found in oak galls and iron salt. It is supposed
to darken with age.
Noemi
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