gold
15th Century
Source: Shortle, Margaret. "Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts." Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts (2018): 149-168.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gold flecking, gold spray
Preparation Steps
The gold is applied by spraying or flecking onto the pages (p. 155). On some pages, the application is so heavy it obscures the text (p. 155).
Original Recipe Text
The gold is applied by spraying or flecking onto the pages (p. 155). On some pages, the application is so heavy it obscures the text (p. 155).
Evidence
"In fact, some pages are so heavily flecked with gold that they are simultaneously mesmerizing and exceedingly difficult to read as is the case with one half of a two page spread from a Qurʾan in the Detroit Institute of Arts (fig. 2)."
Remarks
The juxtaposition of heavy gold flecking enhances the papers' visual instability, attracting the viewer's gaze while simultaneously rejecting comprehension of the penned words (p. 155, 156).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAu
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
Paper Typepaper
ColorGold
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorShortle, Margaret. "Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts." Sensory Variability in Calligraphy and Paper in Early Modern Persian Book Arts
CollectionUnknown
Language
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