Title:

A Recipe for Ink

Description:

A 15th century recipe for ink written in the chancery hand. Note the use of abbreviations, particularly for 'er' and the thorn.

Literal translation:
"To make hynke take galles and coporos or vitriol and gumme of eveyche a quartryn other helf quartryn and a halfe quartryn of galles more and breke the galle a ij other a iij and put ham togedere everyche on a pot and stere hyt ofte and wythinne ij wykys after ye mow wryte therwyth. Yf ye have a quartryn of everyche take a quarte of watyr yf halfe a quartryn of everyche than half a quarte of watyr."

Fonts used:

Chancery Hand