Gold

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Preparation Steps

Take yellow sulfur, white alum, and wax in equal parts. Melt them and pour them, then grind the whole with yellow orpiment, one part; saffron, half a part; and three parts gum. Add dissolved sal ammoniac until it is well ground, and write with it.

Original Recipe Text

Take yellow sulfur, white alum, and wax in equal parts. Melt them and pour them, then grind the whole with yellow orpiment, one part; saffron, half a part; and three parts gum. Add dissolved sal ammoniac until it is well ground, and write with it.

Remarks

A recipe for creating gold ink using yellow sulfur, white alum, wax, yellow orpiment, saffron, gum, and sal ammoniac.

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Material Type
ink
ColorGold
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