GOLD
Iraq
13th Century
Source: Anny Gaul, "Recipes for a Field: Translating Middle Eastern Cookbooks and the Horizons of Food Studies", Gastronomica, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Summer 2019), pp. 87-95.
Recipe Details
Evidence
"INK, OPAQUE WATERCOLOR, AND GOLD ON PAPER, 31.4 CM X 22.9 CM."
Remarks
Gold leaf or pigment used in the illumination of the medieval 1224 A.D. Arabic manuscript of Dioscorides (p. 89).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAu
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
RegionIraq
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorAnny Gaul, "Recipes for a Field: Translating Middle Eastern Cookbooks and the Horizons of Food Studies", Gastronomica, Vol. 19, No. 2
CollectionUnknown
Language
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