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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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[[File:50.3888-115-34.jpg|thumb|Black ink and wash <br>MFA# 50.3888]]
 
A black ink containing powdered [[carbon]] pigment. Carbon ink usually contains [[lampblack]] in a dilute aqueous solution of [[gum]] or [[glue]]. Carbon inks were used in China as early as the 3rd millennium BCE (Kuhn 1986). They were also used Egyptian papyrus and medieval manuscripts (Roberts and Etherington 1982). Carbon black inks were replaced with [[iron gall ink|iron gall inks]] in the 12th century.
 
A black ink containing powdered [[carbon]] pigment. Carbon ink usually contains [[lampblack]] in a dilute aqueous solution of [[gum]] or [[glue]]. Carbon inks were used in China as early as the 3rd millennium BCE (Kuhn 1986). They were also used Egyptian papyrus and medieval manuscripts (Roberts and Etherington 1982). Carbon black inks were replaced with [[iron gall ink|iron gall inks]] in the 12th century.
  
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== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
  
 
carbon black ink; Chinese ink; Indian ink; black wash
 
carbon black ink; Chinese ink; Indian ink; black wash
  
== Other Properties ==
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==Physical and Chemical Properties==
  
 
Soluble in water.
 
Soluble in water.
  
== Additional Information ==
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==Resources and Citations==
 
 
° H.Kuhn, ''Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities'',  Butterworths, London, 1986.
 
 
 
° M.Roberts, D.Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the  Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S.  Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1982.
 
 
 
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== Authority ==
 
  
 
* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 410
 
* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 410

Latest revision as of 15:32, 19 May 2022

Black wash over graphite
MFA# 1996.322

Description

Black ink and wash
MFA# 50.3888

A black ink containing powdered Carbon pigment. Carbon ink usually contains Lampblack in a dilute aqueous solution of Gum or Glue. Carbon inks were used in China as early as the 3rd millennium BCE (Kuhn 1986). They were also used Egyptian papyrus and medieval manuscripts (Roberts and Etherington 1982). Carbon black inks were replaced with iron gall inks in the 12th century.

Carbon Ink

Synonyms and Related Terms

carbon black ink; Chinese ink; Indian ink; black wash

Physical and Chemical Properties

Soluble in water.

Resources and Citations

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 410
  • Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
  • Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
  • Book and Paper Group, Paper Conservation Catalog, AIC, 1984, 1989
  • A Glossary of Paper Conservation Terms, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York City, 1998

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