A short treatise attributed to Ibn al-Ǧazarī (born Damascus 751/1351) deals with what was considered necessary knowledge about the art and craft of penmanship. Along with linguistic and antiquarian remarks, scribal practices, and social applications of writing, an entire section is devoted to the preparation of inks. The selection of recipes includes different ink typologies and technical approaches to ink making, with a preference for metallic compounds; the manipulation of metallic substances often absorbed technological aspects of alchemical practice. This article provides an edition and a commented English translation of the section on inks in the Book on the Art of Penmanship, as preserved by its unique manuscript witness, MS Berlin Sprenger 1918. A recipe for the distillation of an artificial golden ink has been replicated in order to better understand the interaction between the text and the chemical reality behind it.

归因于伊本·扎扎里（Ibnal-Ǧazarī）（生于大马士革751/1351）的一本简短论文论述了被认为是有关书法艺术和手工艺的必要知识。除了语言和文物评论，抄写手法以及书写的社会应用外，整节内容都专门用于准备墨水。配方的选择包括不同的墨水类型和制造墨水的技术方法，并且优先选择金属化合物；金属物质的操纵经常吸收炼金术实践的技术方面。本文提供了《笔法艺术》中有关墨水部分的版本和带注释的英语翻译，该书由其独特的手抄证人MS保留。 柏林·斯普林格（Berlin Sprenger），1918年。为了更好地理解文本与文本背后的化学现实之间的相互作用，复制了一种人造金色墨水的蒸馏方法。