TY - GEN A1 - Colini, Claudia T1 - A black ink by any other name...: Typologies of arabic inks and their detection limits N2 - In this poster we will present some results of a research projects dealing with Arabic recipes of black inks [1-2]. To improve conservation practices of Arabic manuscripts we have assessed the feasibility of the recipes collected from many Arabic sources on bookmaking and reproduced the most common inks. Ink samples were then artificially aged and analysed using an array of analytical techniques, mostly non-invasive, in order to build a database of Arabic inks and their ingredients and also to verify the detection limits of the portable equipment employed. We will show procedures and problems concerning the identification of ink types and ingredients using reflectography (in Vis, IR and UV), X-Ray Fluorescence, Infrared and Raman spectroscopy. The focus will be in particular on squid ink [3] and mixed inks – both in the form of carbon inks with the addition of tannins and of a mixture of carbon and iron gall inks – which are particularly difficult to detect [4]. We will also examine the results of iron gall inks made with iron filings or nails instead of vitriol, the various precursor used to extract gallic acid that are mentioned in the sources as surrogates of gall nuts. [1] A. Schopen, Tinten und Tuschen des arabisch-islamischen Mittelalters, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004 [2] S. Fani, Le arti del libro secondo le fonti arabe originali. I ricettari arabi per la fabbricazione degli inchiostri (sec. IX-XIII): loro importanza per una corretta valutazione e conservazione del patrimonio manoscritto, PhD thesis, Napoli: Università L’Orientale, 2013 [3] S. Centeno, J. Shamir Journal of Molecular Structure, 873 (2008), 149-159 [4] C. Colini et. al, Manuscript cultures, 11 (2018) 43-50 T2 - Jahrestagung „Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2019“ CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 11.09.2019 KW - Inks KW - Reflectography KW - XRF KW - Raman Spectroscopy KW - ATR PY - 2019 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/50162 AN - OPUS4-50162 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany