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Roman Black: Resin Soot from a Vaulted Chamber, for Ink and Fresco (Vitruvius)
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Roman Black: Resin Soot from a Vaulted Chamber, for Ink and Fresco (Vitruvius)

Vitruvius's Roman way to make black: burn resin in a small closed furnace whose smoke vents into a smooth vaulted chamber, sweep the soot off the walls, and work it with gum for writing ink or with size for fresco. Two quick substitutes: pounded pitch-pine charcoal, or roasted wine lees.
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A day of burning, plus sweeping

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Three Roman blacks

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Read the Ten Books

"A place is built like a Laconicum, and nicely finished in marble, smoothly polished."
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Build the soot chamber

Build a small vaulted chamber with smooth inner walls (he finished it in polished marble; we use smoothly plastered brick). In front of it build a small furnace with vents leading into the chamber and a stokehole that closes tightly so no flame escapes.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

TofaliTofali1 kipande
UdongoUdongo1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Mwiko wa mwashiMwiko wa mwashi
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Burn the resin

Put resin in the furnace and close the stokehole. The fire drives the soot through the vents; it settles on the walls and the curved vault.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Utomvu wa MsonobariUtomvu wa Msonobari1 kipande
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Gather the black

When cool, sweep the soot off the walls and vault. Work some of it with gum for writing ink; mix the rest with size for wall painting.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Gundi ya Mubaruti (Gum Arabic)Gundi ya Mubaruti (Gum Arabic)1 kipande
Gundi ya ngozi ya wanyamaGundi ya ngozi ya wanyama1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

ManyoyaManyoya
Chupa ya KiooChupa ya Kioo
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Makeshift blacks

Without a chamber: burn pitch-pine shavings and splinters to charcoal, put them out, and pound them in a mortar with size. Or dry wine lees, roast them in an oven, and grind them with size: the better the wine, the nearer the colour to India ink.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Mashapo ya divaiMashapo ya divai1 kipande
Gundi ya ngozi ya wanyamaGundi ya ngozi ya wanyama1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kinu na mchi wa jiweKinu na mchi wa jiwe
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Troubleshooting

Roman black troubleshooting.

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History and honest limits

From Vitruvius, **The Ten Books on Architecture**, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan (1914), Book VII, Chap. X (checked on the archive.org scan vitruviustenbook00vitruoft, pp. 217-218). He gives no sizes; the brick chamber and the heads are ours.

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Zana Zinazohitajika

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Preparing Carbon Ink from Soot and Gum — Ancient Writing Ink

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