Making Medieval Ink // Sappanwood/Brazilwood Red Ink

Check out the ink in my new Etsy shop!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SolisScriptorivm

I have embarked on the journey of making medieval red ink, according to a 16th century recipe from "A Booke of Secrets".

-References-

Inkmaking:
https://travelingscriptorium.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scopa-recipes-booklet_web-june-2014.pdf

Blogs:
http://web.colby.edu/bookhistory2018/2018/05/09/the-making-of-medieval-ink-an-unessay--project/#:~:text=Red%20ink%20is%20made%20with,vapor%20made%20our%20eyes%20water.

https://scribescribbling.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/1022/

Manuscripts: (Sourced via
"Thucydides, De Bello Peloponesium"
Located at Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

"Bede on St. Mark's Gospel"
Located at Jesus College, Oxford

"The Hours of Nicolas von Firmian"
Located at Sotheby's, London

"Speculum Humanae Salvationis"
Located at the British Library, London

Sappanwood:
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Brazilein#section=3D-Conformer

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453016300775

https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Caesalpinia+sappan

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/10520295.2015.1021381?journalCode=ibih20#:~:text=In%20other%20fields%2C%20however%2C%20it,Lignum%20from%20Southeast%20Asia%20and

And yes… Wikipedia. We all use it. Don't lie.
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Music:
Medieval Loop One by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Marked by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Battle of the Creek by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Trailed by Horror via Epidemic Sound.

SFX from Zapsplat.com
Created by Maydi Diaz

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