gold
Turkey
Source: Schmidt, J. (2012). Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands, Volume IV. Brill.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gold, white pigment, blue pigment, red pigment, black pigment, green pigment
Preparation Steps
Text written in white against a golden background on the title page. Multiple borders were created using blue, red, black, gold, and green pigments (p. 269).
Original Recipe Text
Text written in white against a golden background on the title page. Multiple borders were created using blue, red, black, gold, and green pigments (p. 269).
Evidence
"a magnificently illuminated title page (1a), with a text in white against a golden background; text framed in gold with illuminations of multicoloured floral on ff. 1b–2a; rubrics and triple dots in red; occasional illuminations with multicoloured flower motifs between verses; multiple borders in blue, red, black, gold, green."
Remarks
The manuscript (World Museum 70935) is an undated copy of the first pages of collected Turkish poems of Meḥmed b. Süleymān (Fużūlī). It features magnificent illuminations (p. 269).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAu
Analytical Techniques
Visual inspection
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGold
RegionTurkey
Source Information
AuthorSchmidt, J.
CollectionUnknown
Language
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