gold

Syria
9th Century
Source: Appendix A: Images; Figure A.21
Recipe Details

Ingredients

gold

Preparation Steps

The gold is applied to vellum for illumination or potentially as chrysography. (p. 123)

Original Recipe Text

The gold is applied to vellum for illumination or potentially as chrysography. (p. 123)

Evidence

"Qur’an manuscript in kufic script, ink, colors and gold on vellum, Abbasid Syria"

Remarks

The gold pigment is used alongside unspecified 'colors' and black ink in a Kufic Qur'an manuscript from Syria. (p. 123)

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAu
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGold
RegionSyria
Approx. Year850
Source Information
AuthorAppendix A: Images; Figure A.21
CollectionAbbasid Syria
Language
N/A
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