Difference between revisions of "Gold ink"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A bright gold-color [ | + | A bright gold-color [[ink]] prepared by mixing a gold-color metallic powder with an aqueous binder. Illuminated manuscripts prepared in the Middle Ages often have gold ink prepared from [[gold powder|powdered gold]]. Currently, gold ink is prepared with a [[bronze powder]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 16 January 2014
Description
A bright gold-color Ink prepared by mixing a gold-color metallic powder with an aqueous binder. Illuminated manuscripts prepared in the Middle Ages often have gold ink prepared from powdered gold. Currently, gold ink is prepared with a Bronze powder.
Synonyms and Related Terms
tinta de ouro (Port.)
Authority
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)