Evidence for the earliest Chinese inks, similar to modern inksticks, has been dated to BC made from soot and animal glue. Classically named India ink — the inking material of ancient India — might be dated from the 4th century BC and was called masi, formulated of burnt bones, tar, pitch, and other substances.
Kharosthi Indian documents written in Kharosthi with ink have been unearthed in Chinese Turkestan. Ink writing practices with a sharp pointed needle was commonplace, Jain sutras were transcribed in ink. In ancient Rome , atramentum the inkstand, containing a black liquid, potentially made from octopus ink, was used. Huntington describes these other historical inks:. The recipe was used for centuries. Iron salts, such as ferrous sulfate made by treating iron with sulfuric acid , were mixed with tannin from tree gallnuts and a thickener.
When first put to paper, this ink is bluish-black, over time fading to a dull brown. One 12th century ink recipe called for hawthorn branches to be cut in the spring and left to dry. Then the bark was pounded from the branches and soaked in water for eight days. The water was boiled until it thickened and turned black. Wine was added during boiling. The ink was poured into special bags and hung in the sun. Once dried, the mixture was mixed with wine and iron salt over a fire to make the final ink.
In the s, a new type of ink was developed in Europe for the moveable type printing press designed by Johannes Gutenberg. Before this invention, there were two predominant types of the Greek and Roman writing ink soot, glue, and water and the s composition, based on ingredients of ferrous sulfate, gall, gum, and water. An oily, varnish-like ink made of soot, bound with turpentine and walnut oil was created specifically for the printing press.
To each, one might contemplate their scent — gall, a kind of bitter wooden fragrance, the salty notes of octopus ink, briny black; the perfume of the carbonized soot, roots and bone. And these gather up a whiff of earlier drawings, the ink coloring the memory and earlier experiences. I can recall the scent of inks on warming wood, drawn in the sun — the combination of the vapors, seeping up; I have memorized drawing on stones, where the earthen or sea-tinted salted rocks bring forth the evocations of place, the brush bringing out new levels of fragrance.
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De Atramentis offers several scented inks. My daughter is partial to the lilac-scented. February 28th, , PM 8. Re: The smell of ink My moderate collection of inks ranges from inconsequential to 'interesting' in aroma, and there is only one ink that I can actually identify by smelling the feed and nib when it is in a pen: Namiki Blue.
Quite unique, and gives me the same vibes as when the office helper would return to the classroom with a freshly printed stack of mimeographed pages. If that ink was laid down thick enough, a good whiff could give visions, I swear. February 28th, , PM 9. Re: The smell of ink Scented inks: the only ones I really like are from Abraxas Basel - they use real essential oils and therefore you don't get the more chemical smell of some brands; their lavender ink is a great antidote to winter blues and their "Liebestinte" "Ink of Love" , a bright crimson ink, has the real, true fragrance of centifolia roses.
But I'm close to getting addicted to some Sailor inks' "inherent" fragrance as well. And now that Jon mentioned it, I'll have to try Namiki Blue February 28th, , PM Re: The smell of ink Given the derivation of its name, perhaps it's shouldn't be a surprise that the smell of some bottles of the eponymic Diamine Sargasso Sea is reminiscent of rotting seaweed.
Re: The smell of ink I was just thinking about the different scents of ink at the office this afternoon. I recently put a cartridge of J. Herbin Lierre Sauvage into a pen. Most of my inks aren't really obvious as the go down on paper.
This one is noticeable and not what I consider pleasant. As was intended, it reminds me of the x-mas holiday season with notes of cinnamon and sugar which remind me of cookies and pies. I don't use the ink too often never dries , but I do occasionally pop the top and smell it. Re: The smell of ink I sorely miss the distinctive smell of the old Waterman's Blue-Black - it's been a long time. March 2nd, , AM Originally Posted by migo Given the derivation of its name, perhaps it's shouldn't be a surprise that the smell of some bottles of the eponymic Diamine Sargasso Sea is reminiscent of rotting seaweed.
March 2nd, , PM Originally Posted by naimitsu. I'm not a fan of De Atramentis' scented inks. With the worst offenders being Blackcurrant for "smelling like my nan" according to Sammyo and Patchouli for smelling like unwashed hippy.
Originally Posted by Jon Szanto.
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