degraded silver

Herat
15th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

silver

Evidence

"Gold and silver are two metal pigments (2 gay and three metallic colour spots were analysed) used by this painter... [Table 5-52 entry] degraded silver [for] water, armour, sword."

Remarks

Used for water, armour, and swords. The pigment is now seen as grey/black due to oxidation/sulfidation (p. 213).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
XRF
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGrey
RegionHerat
Approx. Year1450
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionPainter D
Language
N/A
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