When the 2008 documentary was produced, the team reconstructed some of the pages of the MS using parchment, self-made iron gall ink and self-made pigments. What became obvious is that the ink and the paint behaved in quite different ways.
It was not difficult to add ink to the parchment. It would quickly get dark and relatively dry.
The paint would tend to form puddles, basically 'lie' on top of the parchment and take forever to be absorbed by the parchment, let alone get dry. The attempt to recreate You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was not considered a success. Lots of paint had to be dabbed away to get even to this:
It was not difficult to add ink to the parchment. It would quickly get dark and relatively dry.
The paint would tend to form puddles, basically 'lie' on top of the parchment and take forever to be absorbed by the parchment, let alone get dry. The attempt to recreate You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was not considered a success. Lots of paint had to be dabbed away to get even to this:
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