Secrets of medieval ink; how was it made?

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  • Medieval writing needs ink. Where do you get it and how is it made? #medieval #ink #writing
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  • @shinobi-no-bueno
    @shinobi-no-bueno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    I very much appreciate your inclusion of phrases such as: "I imagine" or "my guess is." It seems to me, far too many people speak with an air of false authority when speaking on subjects like this.

    • @jrobwhydidyoutubechangemyname
      @jrobwhydidyoutubechangemyname 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It's a gentleman's honesty missing from most modern discourse I feel.

    • @michaelwebster3124
      @michaelwebster3124 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think it is because he has passed the point of amateur historian and knows just how much either he doesn't know or is just not known, which is quite a lot when discussing most of history.

  • @AFatalPapercut
    @AFatalPapercut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1339

    "Steady girl"
    Horse freezes.

    • @Doomcharger
      @Doomcharger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      Speech: 100

    • @TDGCmote
      @TDGCmote 5 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      PenguinActual
      Animal handling +15

    • @meri_teri_82
      @meri_teri_82 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      It's a testament to the bond between them; love, trust, respect.

    • @MuseDisorder
      @MuseDisorder 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      2:37 " Steady Girl" I absolutely love love loved this of how calm and loving, and patient his words are. I wish I was that lucky beautiful horse. Someone to love me like that, understanding, calm and kind. Just makes me cry seeing how beautiful a true friend is.

    • @MrLuridan
      @MrLuridan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Maximum Bonding

  • @MechanicalMind7
    @MechanicalMind7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    As soon as you mentioned the tannins in the oak gall, I suspected there would be some iron component to the ink recipe, and was pleased to find out I was correct. As a woodworker, I'm familiar with the issue of using iron clamps (e.g. pipe clamps) on oak, as the iron reacts with the tannins in the wood to form dark black stains. This channel is endlessly fascinating and very well presented. Now excuse me as I move on to the next video.

    • @Scriptorsilentum
      @Scriptorsilentum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      holy frig! I had no idea this reaction happens! If you are using steel clamps does the same reaction occur? Aluminum clamps? RSVP if you have time.
      Every time I see this guy's videos I learn not only from him but also the comments. :)

    • @MechanicalMind7
      @MechanicalMind7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Scriptorsilentum To be honest I'm not sure if it also happens with steel clamps, although steel is mostly iron so potentially. I'm assuming probably not with aluminum. Admittedly it's been a while since I've worked with oak, I just remember it happening to me years ago and I've heard others talk about it. Might be worth experimenting to get your answers though.

    • @cahallo5964
      @cahallo5964 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you have his answers yet or nah

    • @MechanicalMind7
      @MechanicalMind7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cahallo5964 Reading my comment again I can see how that may have been misleading. I meant HE could experiment to get his own answers. Maybe if I have time I'll throw something together but no guarantees. Sorry for the confusion.

    • @cahallo5964
      @cahallo5964 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MechanicalMind7 it's ok man :) hope you have free time

  • @jossecoupe446
    @jossecoupe446 5 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    The fact that you keep making these incredible vids even though they get nowhere near the amount of views that they deserve, really shows you love what you do. Keep it up, im gonna go binge your channel now 👌

    • @ModernKnight
      @ModernKnight  5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Thanks, I’m quite pleased how the channel is growing though.

    • @Sigmatic850
      @Sigmatic850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Been a casual student of this period for much of my life. You’re really an inspiration, sir. It seems that much of your setting is within a medieval-style home? Did you build this yourself? Whatever the case, I’m chuffed! Well done!

    • @dreamer7646
      @dreamer7646 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ModernKnight I totally appreciate your content. I'm an English literature students and your videos help to go through boring pages of history books!

    • @cymro6537
      @cymro6537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love the medieval period- thanks for such an interesting video.
      Subbed 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @EricBittner
    @EricBittner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Medieval chemistry at work! As a chemistry professor and someone who likes to think of the discovery process, you've done a wonderful job of combining just the right amount of the chemistry and biology to explain and demonstrate how a person could, in fact, create the means to record one's thoughts and starting from purely natural sources. Also, you have a wonderful inquisitive approach to just how ordinary people went about life 500-1000 yrs ago.

    • @ModernKnight
      @ModernKnight  5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for your kind support. It’s always a puzzle to give enough inno, but not too much for people. I try to summarise but be accurate, and encourage people to do their own research, and I like trying things myself too. It comes from my science education.

  • @sheryllknapp9803
    @sheryllknapp9803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We used boiled walnut shells in homeschool and it worked on my calligraphy pen! It was fun experimenting. Jane Austen, in the 19th century, used to make her own ink to write her novels.

  • @Ebbagull
    @Ebbagull 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    14:28 I love that you credit the horse and acknowledge its contribution to the video XD

    • @rebeccahock_art
      @rebeccahock_art 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you like that, check out the horse credits in th-cam.com/video/IxBsbzUKnAs/w-d-xo.html

  • @meowmocha12
    @meowmocha12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    2:35 Horse: "Yeah, yeah, yeah... oak balls are fascinating and whatever. Pay attention to _me_ now!" 😂

    • @Greendragon434
      @Greendragon434 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Meowmocha *galls

    • @ELMITLON
      @ELMITLON 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Greendragon434 hahhahah

  • @raresuta5895
    @raresuta5895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    Are these videos made for TV or are they made solely for youtube? Either way, the quality is amazing, keep it up !

    • @Doomcharger
      @Doomcharger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Sadly, TH-cam which is silly in my opinion because I would watch this series all friggin' day.

    • @kevadu
      @kevadu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +359

      @@Doomcharger Why is that silly? I watch way more youtube than TV these days...

    • @alexrobertson1472
      @alexrobertson1472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      @@Doomcharger this is way more informative and well made than anything thats on TV these days, Jason is an excellent presenter who really knows his stuff and has a real passion for it.

    • @josharntt
      @josharntt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@Doomcharger Why is that silly? Why wouldn't you watch it just on TH-cam?

    • @Doomcharger
      @Doomcharger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@josharntt Simple, if he was given a larger budget and this was on Netflix, I'd have binged every episode about 12 times by now.

  • @linshannon4480
    @linshannon4480 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    The scholarship behind your videos is excellent, and I absolutely love the practical demonstrations. I'm so pleased to have found your channel. Thanks.

  • @colinmartin9797
    @colinmartin9797 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I'm surprised just how much you got right.
    The reaction can be damaged with heat.
    You're creating ferric Gallic acid and ferric tannic acid. It's called "iron gall" ink today, And it's used in dip pens and some fountain pens.
    If I recall, English marriage licenses still have to be written in iron gall ink because it's insanely permanent (and traditional) There are modern inks that are a bit more fade resistant without the corrosive properties of iron gall, but iron gall has a fun side effect of color changing due to the oxidation and UV light. I still use a modern iron gall in my fountain pen, diamine registrars, because it is one of the best behaved inks I have ever seen, but it does have a tendency to damage steel nibs (it would eat that steel spoon you used to stir it given time)

    • @ModernKnight
      @ModernKnight  5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      thanks, great info, most appreciated!

    • @samelliott4101
      @samelliott4101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very good information. Thank you for presenting the chemistry

    • @typograf62
      @typograf62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      In Denmark that kind of ink was called document-fast ink (actually "dokumentægte blæk") as it cannot be erased without leaving telltale traces. It is not used or produced today (under that name at least).

  • @personzorz
    @personzorz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I can't help but wonder who first figured out each of these steps and how...

    • @eesmaaura4961
      @eesmaaura4961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Trial and error and passing of knowledge from one to another, I don't think there's a definitive first person in making it. like how does people get an idea to combine an ingredient to make cake?

    • @Mystborne
      @Mystborne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The reaction that makes iron gall ink black was known as early as Pliny the younger and perhaps earlier.

    • @ihernandez4234
      @ihernandez4234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's a sentiment I've had for so much things back then.

    • @josenildoferreiraassuncao8963
      @josenildoferreiraassuncao8963 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cavemen used "ink" to paint the walls

    • @mikefenton8327
      @mikefenton8327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I imagine people made marks with whatever could leave a trace (blood, berries, natural colored liquids) and gradually found more efficient and refined ways of leaving permanent marks over a long period of time.

  • @eowynmoonlight
    @eowynmoonlight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really like this video from the start. Nice music, cute horse and history of writing.
    Before bed this is as calming as fairy tale.
    Btw could you please show us all of your horses in one video including their names? It will be great to know these cuties better. :)

  • @user-qj9en1kp1m
    @user-qj9en1kp1m 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That horse is absolutely beautiful. And smart too.

  • @BigPanda096
    @BigPanda096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Feels like when I'm scrolling TH-cam at night looking for my nightly tea video, unable to decide what to watch that these videos show up and instantly capture my attention. Always an immediate watch, and so for never a regret. Always compliments tea time.

  • @sirtuna8066
    @sirtuna8066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    these videos are criminally underrated, undervalued and under viewed. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar

    • @ModernKnight
      @ModernKnight  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thanks for watching. our viewer number are rising steadily.

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I had heard "oak gall" before in reference to making ink, in stories I've read, but I'd never seen one, nor had any idea what their origin was. Fascinating!
    Thank you very much for another wonderful video!

  • @helmort
    @helmort 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A weird Englishman speaking about strange ink made by tree tumors caused by wasps on a particularly spoiled and dramatic horse that doesn't want to waste time on a medieval TH-cam video. Honestly, it's impossible not to love this channel. ❤❤❤

  • @keegobricks9734
    @keegobricks9734 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    From medieval Octopus of course...

    • @prassdiyudhadien8362
      @prassdiyudhadien8362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The first thing that comes to mind lol

    • @MagisterialVoyager
      @MagisterialVoyager 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      mood

    • @dedovagency
      @dedovagency 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *squid

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dedovagency both octopi and squid can produce ink.

    • @keegobricks9734
      @keegobricks9734 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@JohnyG29 You can actually say Octopuses.

  • @lisabachmann2355
    @lisabachmann2355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Something that came to mind when you mentioned that corrections or anything of importance was written in red: When I was in school, some of my teachers used to correct the exams with red ink. There was even a joke about it. When the exam went particularly poorly, we used to say, it is going to be more red than black (when we get it back from the teacher). I am pretty sure that is still around today. Not quite sure, but it certainly could be a relic from medieval times. This is fascinating.

    • @Caramac68
      @Caramac68 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember getting school work corrected in red (1970's) but also had a forward thinking Welsh teacher who would write positive comments in green pen and give stars

  • @malahamavet
    @malahamavet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    You make normal stuff look so interesting. The think i like the most is that you always test the things you show us, making your channel so reliable.
    By the way, i'm not the only one who was thinking about octopus ink all the time 😁
    I'm glad medieval people had so many sophisticated things we don't know because we just buy stuff and don't care what is it made of

  • @sarahleonard7309
    @sarahleonard7309 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He mentions that some of the batches of ink were too acidic, and being the nerd that I am I immediately turn to my husband and explain that it would be due to not adding sufficient vitriol. For the record, he did not ask. I just started explaining without prompting. He puts up with so much.

    • @julialuminasalsa
      @julialuminasalsa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      bare minimum, love

    • @aninewforest
      @aninewforest 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @sarahleonard
      He's lucky to be married to such a knowledgeable person!

  • @schradeya
    @schradeya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saw about 10 seconds of video and 1 or 2 comments, immediately subbed. This is my JAM!!

  • @smellydiarhhea7243
    @smellydiarhhea7243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Incredible!! You explained the process with respect to history and science. I never knew that galls were used as an ingredient. Would love to see the history of paper making too :)

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Marcus Tullius
      They had cloth-based paper in the late medieval period, but it didn’t become the dominant writing material until the introduction of the printing press. Wood-based paper is a much more recent material - only introduced around 1800.

    • @kantyran6449
      @kantyran6449 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ragnkja paper was "dominant writing material" long before printing processes were becoming popular. Paper was already very important in the 12th century

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kantyran
      In Asia, that is correct, but on this channel you can generally assume people are talking about Europe unless otherwise specified, and in Europe, parchment was the dominant writing material until the introduction of the printing press.
      That’s not to say that paper didn’t exist before then, but it was nowhere near as commonly used as parchment.

    • @tyalangand
      @tyalangand 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Paper actually existed in Europe in medieval times, but not on a large scale. It existed in Spain and was introduced there by Muslims. The oldest manuscript written on paper in Europe is the Silos Missal from 11th century: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missal_of_Silos

  • @virglibrsaglove
    @virglibrsaglove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I absolutely love these videos. I'm so glad I discovered this channel. Thank you so much for making them.

  • @criminokrimino5846
    @criminokrimino5846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Though not the topic of the video, I really enjoy watching your horsemanship. It's nice to see Gossamer is allowed to express a little excited rear without getting beaten or having her mouth torn up. Her forward ears tell all about you as a rider.

  • @kantyran6449
    @kantyran6449 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I'm not entirely sure if "ink" as he used it only meant ink or was supposed to include colours made from a variety of pigments too.
    The red letters in medieval books were painted not written often using minium a red lead oxide.
    Illuminating Books was extremely popular even after the printing press became widely known. The Gutenberg Bible for example has extensive decorations painted by hand.
    The reaction between the ferrous sulfate and the gallic acid is rather fast. It shouldnt make a difference if left for half an hour or multiple days.
    The ink made in this video will probably "eat your paper alive". The fact that the ratio of gallic acid to ferrous sulfate is likely unbalanced will cause the paper to deteriorate. This phenomenon is known as ink corrosion and will eventually lead to the paper becoming fragile below the letters and breaking at one point.
    An interesting fact on iron gall ink:
    Almost all important documents (i.e. treaties on high political leves etc.) Are signed using iron gall ink because its the most durable ink known (IF its produced in a balanced ratio)

  • @LivLaugh
    @LivLaugh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I have plenty of these where I live! I was told they were only good for kindling! I'm definitely trying this out!

    • @margaritatabellini8806
      @margaritatabellini8806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It'd be interesting to see your results too :D

    • @camilledvorak7151
      @camilledvorak7151 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Poke weed berries make a nice ink too. Fun projects for rainy days. I would make my own paper (recycling other paper) and incorporate seeds then plant them in the garden when the kids were done playing.

  • @BullRoarer_
    @BullRoarer_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I assume that’s why the teachers always corrected and marked up your work in red ink at school.

    • @lizziedripping71
      @lizziedripping71 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ah the good old days ! Teachers are barred from correcting in red ink these days.

    • @BullRoarer_
      @BullRoarer_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What?! How come?

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@BullRoarer_ I think he is pulling your leg.

    • @ivobreeschoten5442
      @ivobreeschoten5442 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I still get corrected in red ink :/

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @x D3G3N3R8 NATION x Yes he is. People still use red ink you loonies lol 😂😂😂

  • @blackwater4707
    @blackwater4707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Fascinating, and Gossamer is looking lovely too.

  • @floopyboo
    @floopyboo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The ferrous sulphate is the same green as oxidised copper, so it does make sense that they referred to it with a copper name.

  • @TheLastSoul
    @TheLastSoul 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really love the music and just the entire shot in general as you rode up to the oak tree. So peaceful and picturesque.

  • @lightprint348
    @lightprint348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    fig has a natural latex in the sap, perhaps the fig wood is about adding this as a binding agent

  • @QuickAnalysis
    @QuickAnalysis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love these videos could watch them all day

  • @bryanpicarello4659
    @bryanpicarello4659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so wild, I love seeing these old techniques that we take for granted explained.

  • @zxb995511
    @zxb995511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why am I watching a video about a guy making ink? who knows. I regret NOTHING. This is fantastic stuff.

  • @madscientistshusta
    @madscientistshusta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Absolutley fascinating!
    Now I'm just silly yank,however the way you bring us European history is so...engaging! I would normally say this stuff is too dry for me, but there is something about your presinatation that grabs me and I'm sure many others. I just had to let you know that you truly are reaching people who otherwise would have stayed ignorant of our peoples history. I can't even imagine how many youngin's you'll likely turn to an intrest in european history. Your doing a wonderful thing and i hope all the best blessings in your journey good sir!

  • @Kratos_God_of_50_BMG
    @Kratos_God_of_50_BMG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think it’s awesome that Gossamer’s name gets top billing!

  • @revinaque1342
    @revinaque1342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow, I just realized that Jason is an actual knight! So amazing that these videos about medieval England are made and presented by a modern-day knight. 😊

  • @JacobHusband
    @JacobHusband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is exactly the kind of content that should be on TV. Love your work, sir! Please keep the videos coming.

  • @qdpqbp
    @qdpqbp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    this channel is amazing

  • @faceman6666
    @faceman6666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I really appreciate and love your passion that's showing in your videos.

  • @pchungvt
    @pchungvt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jason is awesome creating all these videos, he obviously doesn't need
    the money being a successful and respected businessman! thank you Jason!

  • @julialuminasalsa
    @julialuminasalsa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Such a great channel this is

  • @foxybish3805
    @foxybish3805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Omg the green vitriol is so BEAUTIFUL!!! ITS SO PRETTY lol

  • @alexrobertson1472
    @alexrobertson1472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I click on these videos so fast. Hope they never stop coming, Jason is my favourite presenter going.

  • @rob56gru
    @rob56gru 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    in admiration for the high quality historic information and the presentation, should be on national TV

  • @scottsaylors1996
    @scottsaylors1996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This channel is outstanding! You need your own show on the history channel

  • @walther2492
    @walther2492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    With blue vitriol u can craft one potion of Superior Swallow.
    U need the following incredients:
    1 × White gull
    1 × Enhanced Swallow
    6 × Berbercane fruit
    6 × White myrtle petals
    4 × Celandine
    4 × Crow's eye
    2 × Vitriol
    But mind your toxity!

  • @mattt9298
    @mattt9298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love your presentations, Jason. Thanks for all the work in bringing this content to us.

  • @REACH_khbk
    @REACH_khbk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a fabulous recreation! I work with documents which are a paltry few hundred years old in my own research, and sometimes that oak gall ink truly has eaten away at the pages - it's always heartbreaking! But working with them inspired me to acquire dip pens and inks and practice my scribal hand. I've never tried to make my OWN ink, though now I'm rather tempted... What always astounds me about medieval manuscripts is the elegance of the orthography. Those unknown scribes, for all the scribal errors, had exquisite hands.

    • @teresahiggs4896
      @teresahiggs4896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The scribes would have been mostly monks .Monasteries had Scriptoriums where groups monks worked and copied all sorts of books , medical books, books that had been translated from Greek into latin .....
      These scriptoriums may have had clear glass windows if the monastery was wealthy or just open windows , or windows covered with mica sheets , isinglass or very thin translucent stretched animal skins if they weren’t wealthy...and the location of scriptorium within the monastery was important , they needed this room to receive the best light for the longest time.......
      There would be an elder monk who was in charge and many monks working away at rows of desks/tables. Some of the monks who had a beautiful,handwrighting and made the fewest mistakes might be given the task of illustrating a book , a book of devotions called
      “ a book of hours” or a Bible.
      Copying books have been a source of income for the monastery . They may have copied books to sell or to trade for other books from other monasteries and they copied Bibles.
      Some monasteries were also schools and taught boys to read and write , and they woukd teach any young boys ( called oblates) who had been given to the Church by their parents. Being able to read and write opened doors for a person. You could become a monk and rise in the Cnurch’s hierarchy maybe someday even be an abbot of your own monastery! , or become a scribe to a merchant , or a noble to help them keep their accounts and finances , you could get a job wirh the King’s goverment ( like a clerk) or maybe a job in the judicial,states as a cler.

  • @scharliem
    @scharliem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great fan of your videos, never disappoint!

  • @seanmcguire7974
    @seanmcguire7974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Seem like a great horseman. You handled that well. Btw, I know nothing about riding or horses but that looked cool

  • @Woudje57
    @Woudje57 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is by far my most favorite YT channel. Thank you, Jason, for these series.
    Also thanks to Kasumi, for her excellent filming and great choice of music to accompany the videos. Wonderful job! 👍🏻

    • @ModernKnight
      @ModernKnight  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for watching us.

  • @Blondi6731
    @Blondi6731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us on the midevil times. I love Learning about history and not just dates, important people but how they actually worked and lived.

  • @333damanha
    @333damanha 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love when instructive TH-cam channels teach me things I never asked myself and never knew I wanted to know!

  • @cathryncampbell8555
    @cathryncampbell8555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    His closing comments are sheer poetry. What an enthralling video!

  • @Mae-rr5ye
    @Mae-rr5ye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a beautiful horse!

  • @Galda95
    @Galda95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very interesting video! Talking about it's acidity, you can make it less acid (therefore less aggressive) using less green vetriol, but the reaction will be slower.
    Also: the nibs of the first fountain pens were made of gold because it does't react with acids, an iron one would have been eaten by the iron gall ink acidity

  • @brittany2250
    @brittany2250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This channel is awesome! I always get so happy when I see a new video

  • @cob9834
    @cob9834 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think your intensive study of inks is marvelous. People who like to focus on fountain pens which is one step up from quills focus also a great deal on inks. Your focus on all things medieval and how that gives us insight into today is excellent

  • @wolfpackscrum284
    @wolfpackscrum284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting stuff! Obviously, we've learnt a lot since these times, but it shows clearly what we have forgotten.

  • @LOL-Can
    @LOL-Can 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your videos are very informative for me. I find it interesting that you would carry on and actually make the ink as it was made then to confirm the theory . Thank you for this.

  • @tachiebillano6244
    @tachiebillano6244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent video as always! Thanks for this Jason

  • @youcantseeme1391
    @youcantseeme1391 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really love the fact that besides telling us about how things were done in the past you also test the methods yourself

  • @mothwaltz4163
    @mothwaltz4163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This reminded me of the beautiful animated film The secret of Kells where they made ink for manuscripts! ❤️

  • @laurabrowning7973
    @laurabrowning7973 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's so interesting! I often wonder how people came up with these recipes in the first place. Take some of this, add some of that, etc., and it'll make ink! Thank you for making and sharing this informative video!

  • @eddyheyrick7170
    @eddyheyrick7170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for all the informatietion you share. I enjoy your videos very much. As a living history enthusiast, I also make my ink myself. I make my ink in a similar way but without adding chemicals. I boil the crushed oak apple in a little water for twenty minutes. Then leave it in a jar for a few days with some rusty nails in it. Remove nails and squeeze the stuff through a cloth. If necessary, allow to dry out to the desired concentration. If jou let is age a little it's even better (just as you stated). The ink is less acidic like this.
    I'll try adding Arabic gum next time. Thanks for the tip 👍

  • @Ph43H
    @Ph43H 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely fascinating - loving your detail you're going into with these videos. Thanks Jason and team :)

  • @dragoon3908
    @dragoon3908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how this channel is definitely not his primary source of income so it's purely a hobby I didn't think because of that it's so informational, He's not making it to appeal to everybody but simply to put the information out there and I love that fact

    • @ModernKnight
      @ModernKnight  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes, and thanks for watching!

    • @dragoon3908
      @dragoon3908 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ModernKnight yes it's much appreciated and I will definitely do so

  • @jjadebrooklyn
    @jjadebrooklyn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:50 horse is tickled by the leaves lol. Love that beautiful beast! Great videos XoXo

  • @anissaferringer4965
    @anissaferringer4965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You made my day!!! My hands, at least the nail beds of my right hand were stained black and I couldn't figure it out for an embarrassingly long time--here the dissolved iron in my well water reacts this way to any tannins and my fingers were black from squeezing my tea bag with my fingers. I feel better that a similar product is actually ink! Bonus weird water fact--it turns baking soda a green color.

    • @ModernKnight
      @ModernKnight  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How interesting, I wonder if that’s potentially the way it was discovered back in antiquity?

  • @elsa_draws_stuff
    @elsa_draws_stuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video filled me with happiness because it is history and also ink, combined into one video.

  • @MrPhantomdream
    @MrPhantomdream 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It amazes me that you really understand the background and effects of certain ingredients in the mixture

  • @randomnotes
    @randomnotes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wonderful! I just finished reading (last night in fact) Keith Houston's fantastic book on the history of the book, called (wait for it...) "The Book". Iron gall ink is discussed extensively, and now I know just what an oak gall looks like and how the ink is made. Thank you!

  • @MagisterialVoyager
    @MagisterialVoyager 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful, beautiful cinematography. Your video always has this magical quality to it.

  • @sandraallen774
    @sandraallen774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Liked your video. Thanks for sharing and teaching. U rock!

  • @Alayni01
    @Alayni01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I worked as a Lithographer for the US Navy for a few years. We used very old styles of printing with old inks on a printing press. As it was once my profession I find videos like this very fascinating. I lost half my sense of smell from the ink and toner in the Navy. The smell you mentioned, I hope it was more natural smelling than solvents! You make the best videos! Please never stop!

  • @firstwavepuresoul
    @firstwavepuresoul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    O ..really enjoyed that video. Medieval learning is the best..they were so resourceful in finding the best application!

  • @LucasSylvia
    @LucasSylvia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely love your videos Jason and I look forward to what you decide to do next! I've managed to hook at least one friend to your channel. Excellent stuff!

  • @gamer2101
    @gamer2101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have missed you!!! Omg it feels like forever.

  • @kanzeon7729
    @kanzeon7729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! As a chemist I am absolutely mesmerised to hear about this. Never heard about it at all but it does make sense

  • @CCoburn3
    @CCoburn3 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Perhaps it was called copperas because it looks a bit like oxidized copper. It's the same general color.

  • @hlmoore8042
    @hlmoore8042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Red letter day - most interesting. Thank you.

  • @aquamarine9568
    @aquamarine9568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thoroughly enjoy your videos. Such interesting topics and so well presented. Your enthusiasm for the period always shines through. Thanks.

  • @deandeann1541
    @deandeann1541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen recipes where iron was used instead of green vitriol - the prefered iron was old horseshoe nails. They were a particular sort of iron that was soft and of relatively consistant quality, and apparently worked better than other iron sources. The nails were kept in the solution for quite some time, although the black color started forming almost immediately.

  • @danieledugre1837
    @danieledugre1837 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful channel! Thank you Jason!

  • @amir-zz7lz
    @amir-zz7lz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best channel to chill out with

  • @bastianbenthemvan559
    @bastianbenthemvan559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an amazing video, loved the quote at the end!

  • @lovelylostnobody3456
    @lovelylostnobody3456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the informative video!!! Love this channel!!

  • @WanderingWalkabout
    @WanderingWalkabout 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the passion in these videos, I always enjoy them.

  • @lucifchristo
    @lucifchristo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Adding a small amount of egg white to the mixture when you are first extracting the tannins will also act to collect the tannins

  • @gauthierlebout4625
    @gauthierlebout4625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of your best video, in the vlog style. Incredibly good!
    Keep the good work.
    (how lovely to see you on your new, at that time, saddle)

  • @RikthDcruze
    @RikthDcruze 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Horse: jumps
    Knight: *Steady girl"
    Horse: Stays steady

  • @francisjo3
    @francisjo3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this channel! Thank you from your cousins across the pond

  • @stiannobelisto573
    @stiannobelisto573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love writing with iron gall ink, it's not thick like modern ink, gives you very sharp lines and a nice deep black

  • @ShellShock794
    @ShellShock794 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the only channel I truly love on this website

  • @TheJohn8765
    @TheJohn8765 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to see another video from you guys. I look forward to them.

  • @thereareonlysomanynotes2226
    @thereareonlysomanynotes2226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "knobbly protruberance" is my new favorite insult

  • @seanjoseph8637
    @seanjoseph8637 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Copper oxide is green, so I expect the name comes from that.
    Best channel ever.