gilt
Source: Gacek, A. (2001). The Arabic Manuscript Tradition. Leiden: Brill.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gold
Evidence
"Cloudbands are decorative bands resembling clouds... created by oulining the shape of the line of writing and decorating the space in between with gilt."
Remarks
Cloudbands, a decorative technique with roots in China, fill interlinear spaces in illuminated manuscripts using gilt. (p. 61)
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGold
Source Information
AuthorGacek, A.
Collectionilluminated manuscripts
Language
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