gold leaf
Morocco
13th Century
Source: Gacek, Adam. (2009). Arabic Manuscript Tradition: A Glossary. pp. 262-281.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
gold leaf
Preparation Steps
Gold-tooling is a technique where a design is created by pressing heated tools onto gold leaf laid upon the book cover (p. 280). Early examples from the 13th century primarily used dot-punches to create patterns (p. 280).
Original Recipe Text
Gold-tooling is a technique where a design is created by pressing heated tools onto gold leaf laid upon the book cover (p. 280). Early examples from the 13th century primarily used dot-punches to create patterns (p. 280).
Evidence
"Gold-tooling, on the other hand, is a technique of pressing a design with heated tools upon gold leaf which is laid on the cover of a book"
Remarks
Gold-tooling likely originated in Morocco, with an early example from Marrakesh dated ca. 1256 (p. 280). A Mamluk bookcover (RBD A22) features decoration with golden dots (p. 280). Gold-embroidered silk was also used extensively in Safavid Iran and the Ottoman world for book coverings (p. 266).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionAu
Analytical Techniques
Visual analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGold
RegionMorocco
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorGacek, Adam.
CollectionMarrakesh, Morocco
Language
N/A
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