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In the spirit of learning from our mistakes, I want to share my experiences of pretending to be a medieval scribe and #makingmedievalink with @sarajcharles and #BeingHuman2020 (spoiler alert, it went wrong, I am not a master scribe, and I totally want to make more ink!)
First step: smash the 20g of oak galls with a hammer. Nearest to a newspaper I could find to wrap them up was a Thomas the Tank Engine magazine. The pages are not robust and after the first few holes there were oak galls flying around the kitchen #makingmedievalink
Soaked the galls in 200ml of boiled/cooled water in a jam jar and gave it a stir. Definitely smells of tea, specifically rooibos tea! In retrospect best not to use a jar with any shape for the galls to catch in. But starting to feel like I know what I’m doing #makingmedievalink
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Hoy en día si quieres escribir algo te compras un boli y listo.

Pero no siempre ha sido tan fácil.

Hablemos de las tintas ferrogálicas. Mejor aun, veamos cómo se preparan.

#makingmedievalink
Es difícil saber cuándo se empezaron a usar estas tintas, pero fueron populares desde la Edad Media hasta bien entrado el s. XX.

Artistas como Rembrandt o Leonardo las emplearon en sus dibujos.

📷@britishmuseum & @UffiziGalleries
Y científicos como Franklin (el de la cometa) y Newton (el de la manzana) experimentaron con su composición.

📷Prueba de 6 tintas en un cuaderno de Franklin (vía @AmPhilSociety)

📷Receta de Newton "para preparar una tinta excelente" (vía @CamDigLib)
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