Inks & Paints of the Middle East

A handbook of materials and art technology used in early Islamic manuscripts, for artists and art lovers alike.

Published in 2020, Inks & Paints is a concise and approachable, but thoroughly practical manual examining the main materials used in manuscripts during the Abbasid period, also known as the Golden Age of the Islamic world. It is based on Arabic inkmaking treatises of the time, most of them never translated nor even properly transcribed, backed by the author's own experience as a working artist focused on historical materials.