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Title
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To Make Ink
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Date
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1694/1795
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Description
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A method for making ink by steeping galls and iron sulfate in gum arabic, made shiny by the addition of sugar and sack wine.
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Transcript
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Rx one galloun of small Beare or raine water in a Tub or Earthen pot to that add a pound of Gaules broken to peces next day put in half a pound of grene coppras and the day after that put in half a pound of Gum Arabeck stir it very often & in a weke you may use it but the older the beter & if you would have it shine put to this a pinte of Malagoe Sack and half a pound of loafe sugr
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Contributor
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Abu-Bader Nagham
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Le, Vincent
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Thibodeau, Gavin
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Grimm, Stephanie
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Source
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Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
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Publisher
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George Mason University Libraries
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Rights
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Public domain. There are no known restrictions.
