On 2 December 2020, a research associate of the museum and educational department of Bolgar Museum-Reserve Krivosheyeva S. V. held a lesson on “Medieval ink” for the students of the 3rd grade of Bolgar sanatorium-type residential school.
It is hard to meet a person who does not use ink and does not know what it is, but not everyone knows the history of its appearance.
When it became necessary for humanity to record something and preserve it for posterity, special compositions for writing appeared.
During the event, children knew about the most ancient recipe for ink – it was soot with gum (cherry glue) diluted in usual water, and, interestingly, ink was variously called in different countries. For lightly washed off inscriptions, ink was made of soot and gum, and for strong inscriptions, ink oak nuts and the same gum were used.
At the event, children made medieval ink themselves and could use them for writing and even for painting.

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