gold painted decoration

Ingredients

gold

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

Gold was used in a painted form to decorate leather covers of both printed books and manuscripts produced in Istanbul during the nineteenth century (p. 206). This resonance in decoration between manuscripts and printed works shows the continuity of the binding tradition (p. 206).

Evidence

"Several printed works from Istanbul display gold painted decoration on the leather covers, which were also found on nineteenth-century Turkish manuscripts."

Remarks

This decoration was often applied to leather bindings with modest tooling. In some instances, gold was imitated or admired by European binders, leading to its inclusion in Western-style bindings inspired by Islamic designs (p. 210).