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The History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography

Chapter 12: FORM OF THE WORD INK IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
By Thaddeus Davids
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The work traces the development, composition, and terminology of writing fluids, offering definitions, surveys of colors and substrates, and practical distinctions between ink and paint. It examines linguistic roots and equivalents across many languages, surveys materials and recipes, and treats chemical constituents and manufacture, including dyes and pigments used for various tints. It discusses uses on paper, parchment, textiles, wood, leather, and in printing and art, and includes bibliographic references and illustrative plates. The introduction also critiques historical neglect of technical arts and frames the study as a corrective to traditional narratives.

FORM OF THE WORD INK
 
IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

Hebrew:__

Chaldaic:__ DȲŌ

Sanskrit:__

Greek:__Μελαν (Melan)

Latin:__ATRAMEUTUM (Scriptorum)

Mediaeval Latin:__ENCANSTUM

China:__ MĬH SHWUY (liquid Ink)

  "   MĬH (Chinese Ink)

Canton dialect:__ MAK SHUY

Hindostan:__ KALI

Bengal:__ KALI

Shingalese:__

Burmese:__

Malayhim:__

Persia:__ SIYAHI

Sinic:__

Turkey:__ MUREKKEB

Armenia:__

Thibet:__

Anamitic:__MUcC VIÊT

Malay:__ DAWĀT

Japan:__

Java:__ MANULYSAN

Egyptian:__

Coptic:__

Amharic:__

Algerian:__ SIMEKH

Aethiopic:__

Arabic:__ HBR, HIBR, HIBAR.

{Old French__ENQUE}
French:__ENCRE {Breton__LYOU     }
{Provincal__ANCRA }
{Low Dutch }
German:__ (Tinte.) {Flamande  } INK
{Hollandais}

Spanish:__TINTA

Portugese:__TINTA

Italian:__INCHIOSTRO

Piedmontese:__INCIOSTR.

Russian:__ {Lettish__BLAKKA
{Lettauish__TINTA

Polish:__INKAUST

Hungarian:__TENTA

Bunda or Argolense:__TINTA

Bohemia:__INGAUST

Basque:__CORANSIA

Illyrian:__INGOAS

Danish:__BLÆC

Swedish:__BLÄCK

Laplandish:__BLEKK

Greenlandish:__BLEK

Icelandish:__BLEK

English:__INK {Old English__ENKE, INKE, YNKE
{Anglo-Saxon__BLÆC

Welsh:__DU, ENGE

Gaelic:__DUBHADH

Irish:__ DUBH

Peruvian:__YANATULLPU

Chilian:__CHILLCAMOM

Mexican:__THLLI

Guarani:__TIV_TIRV_ (Tinta)

Caribee Islands: OÚLITI OR OÚLITACLE

Transcriber's Note:

Some corrections have been made to the original text, including normalizing the punctuation. Further corrections are listed below:

p. 12 unparalelled -> unparalleled
p. 26 Flenningham -> Henningham
p. 36 Dictionaire -> Dictionnaire
p. 36 pschyo -> psycho
p. 46 elogè -> éloge
p. 77 Macauley -> Macaulay

Other spelling and hyphenation inconsistencies have been retained as printed.