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Inks for Magic & Talismans, part 3

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Inks for Magic & Talismans, part 3

Shades of gold

Joumana Medlej
Jan 19
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Inks for Magic & Talismans, part 3

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In the penultimate part of this series on the talismanic inks of Ghāyat al-Hakīm, (part 1 is now in the locked archive, part 2 is still public), I’m looking at a number of recipes that are all described as some form of yellow.

Virgo 1

السنبلة الوجه الاول منها احمر ذهبي وذلك ان يسحق الزعفران حتى يكون في غاية البساطة ثم يضرب بماء عفص اخضر منقوع واتركه ساعة …

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