gold

Ingredients

gold

Evidence

"Two of these specimens have dyed textblock edges, with vegetal patterns painted in gold... In one other example, Or. 2761... date from 1655 (copied in Palestine)"

Remarks

Gold was applied over dyed textblock edges (blue or red) to create vegetal patterns (p. 150). It was also used in 'brocade papers' involving gold stamping on multi-coloured surfaces (p. 147).