"The Mystery of a Medieval Blue Ink Has Been Solved"

**FredRydr** · November 10th, 2020, 10:15 AM

The Mystery of a Medieval Blue Ink Has Been Solved

Original source: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/16/eaaz7772

**Yazeh** · November 10th, 2020, 12:24 PM

I love these stories Fred. Thanks for posting it

**tooth** · November 10th, 2020, 07:02 PM

mercy, that's crazy stuff. and I thought I was nuts about ink

**azkid** · November 10th, 2020, 09:31 PM

Fascinating article. I always find stories of rediscovering lost tech to be interesting.

**VertOlive** · November 11th, 2020, 04:37 PM

Fascinating. Especially the transport on linen!

**Jon Szanto** · November 11th, 2020, 04:47 PM

Excellent find - this calls for some music!

**penwash** · November 11th, 2020, 05:44 PM

... and the fountain pen ink makers all over the world start their race to release a folium-based, limited edition, packaged in a 30ml bottle nestled inside a hollowed-out, leather-bound book (er...manuscript) with square linen sample patches.

The ink name is .... "Medieval Blue" (or "Monk's Fingers").

**FredRydr** · November 11th, 2020, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by penwash

... and the fountain pen ink makers all over the world start their race to release a folium-based, limited edition, packaged in a 30ml bottle nestled inside a hollowed-out, leather-bound book (er...manuscript) with square linen sample patches.

The ink name is .... "Medieval Blue" (or "Monk's Fingers").

What'll the price be?

**Jon Szanto** · November 11th, 2020, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by penwash

The ink name is .... "Medieval Blue" (or "Monk's Fingers").

Or, how about:

**penwash** · November 12th, 2020, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by FredRydr

Originally Posted by penwash

... and the fountain pen ink makers all over the world start their race to release a folium-based, limited edition, packaged in a 30ml bottle nestled inside a hollowed-out, leather-bound book (er...manuscript) with square linen sample patches.

The ink name is .... "Medieval Blue" (or "Monk's Fingers").

What'll the price be?

A song.

I'm sure @JonSzanto will approve.

**Yazeh** · November 13th, 2020, 12:38 PM

Another one, a tad more gruesome:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0226162953.htm
Then contradicted here:
https://www.livescience.com/28381-ma...iscovered.html
and finally a recipe for those adventurous enough :
https://www.nataliestopka.com/goingson/postid-6

**welch** · November 14th, 2020, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Jon Szanto

Originally Posted by penwash

The ink name is .... "Medieval Blue" (or "Monk's Fingers").

Or, how about:

Any excuse to reference Thelonious is a good excuse.

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