Re: More anatase myth killing. Re: More anatase

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:23:48 GMT, "I.E_Johansson"
<I.johansson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Eric,
>neither you nor Ken has a case even if it's repaired.
>The anatase is exactly in the form it should be to be Medieval. That's
>nothing you or anyone here can say that can contradict that. On the contrary
>it's exactly the same anatase which has been known and described in 1880's
>schoolbooks here in Sweden.

I would be interested to see the SEM photographs taken in 1880 of the
anatase particles. In short, the 1880 text books could not have
illustrated the important characteristics of the resepective
patricles.

>Make no mistake about that. It's also exactly the same type of anatase which
>exist in the water-washed sand which was filtered to be used as ink-dryer. I
>am sorry that there aren't English texts for this awailable. But you are
>working in a what if scenario and your hypotesis needs to be reformulated.
>Now there is one thing I am very surprised, not that you Eric because you
>don't have access to so many medieval documents linked either to Birgittiner
>monestries under Vadstena or to the recipe for the ink used in Benedictiner
>or in Cistersiencer Order's writing/copy rooms, I am surprised that so many
>claim so much skill to interpret the testresults who at least should have
>had the opportunity to get hold of the information needed.
>
>There is one thing which no one even bothered to mention and that is that
>Medieval Ink used in monestries used to have a stabilisator added to the ink
>in order not to dry in the clay or glaas pot in which it was kept. That
>information could directly give direction where VM was drawn.
>
>The other thing that bothers me and many others here is how it's possible
>for you and Ken to miss the reason why VM itself in the testresults show
>that the anatase is natural - of course they sintered the sand when washing
>it that I guess all who have a little knowledge of mineral sand used in
>Mediveal Age in the process of making clean sand to dry ink know, but the
>other minerals and contents gives a very specific information which directly
>say that the anatase comes from natural mineral sand and nothing else. No I
>am not giving you the information what that is, but I do know that there are
>scholars of chemistry in Medieval Age reading this and they may provide you
>with that information if they want that is.
>
>The other thing I am very surprised reading all the results and the comments
>about them is that no one seem to have tested it for wormwood and what the
>impact of such in the ink has which also give information of why the VM map
>and the Tartar documents looks the way they do.
>
Wormwood would explain why the VM has not yet been eaten by mice.
:-)



Eric Stevens

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