gold leaf

Egypt
14th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

gold leaf

Preparation Steps

Applied as gilding on paper for the illumination of the Quran of Sitt Miska (p. 85).

Original Recipe Text

Applied as gilding on paper for the illumination of the Quran of Sitt Miska (p. 85).

Evidence

"Material: Paper with gold leaf, lapis blue, brown and black pigment"

Remarks

The Mamluks sponsored lavish richly illuminated and gilded Quran manuscripts (p. 84). Gold leaf is used alongside lapis blue, brown, and black pigments to create the decorative and epigraphic elements (p. 85).

Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAu
Analytical Techniques
visual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
Paper TypePaper
ColorGold
RegionEgypt
Approx. Year1350
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionEgypt
Language
N/A
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