gall-nut ink

English

Noun

gall-nut ink (plural gall-nut inks)

acid blue-to-black ink, blue or purple when fresh, but turning intense black from iron oxidation, containing iron ions and tannic acids obtained from crushed gall-nuts and a solution of gum, or glue, and copperas, slowly replaced carbon ink and used from late antiquity to 20th century

Synonyms

gall nut ink
gallnut ink
iron-gall ink
iron gall ink
oak-gall ink
oak gall ink
standard ink
common ink

Translations

Translations

French: encre de noix de galle ?
German: Eisengallustinte (de) ?. Gallustinte ?
Italian: inchiostro metallo-gallico ?. inchiostro ferrogallico ?
Portuguese: tinta metalogálica ?. tinta ferrogálica ?
Spanish: tinta de agallas

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