paste-colours

Source: Scheper, Karin. Appendix I Glossary. In: The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding (Leiden: 2014), pp. 229-238.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

paste-colours, wheat starch, rice starch

Preparation Steps

The paper is decorated through a printing process using carved woodblocks. The medium used for printing consists of paste-colours (p. 229). The paste component is an adhesive typically derived from vegetal sources such as wheat or rice starch (p. 234).

Original Recipe Text

The paper is decorated through a printing process using carved woodblocks. The medium used for printing consists of paste-colours (p. 229). The paste component is an adhesive typically derived from vegetal sources such as wheat or rice starch (p. 234).

Evidence

"Paper that is decorated by printing in paste-colours from carved woodblocks."

Remarks

The term 'Paste' is defined as an adhesive usually made from vegetal sources like wheat or rice starch (p. 234).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
BinderRice starch
Paper TypeBlock-printed paper
Source Information
AuthorScheper, Karin. Appendix I Glossary. In: The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding
CollectionUnknown
Language
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