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== Description ==

A [[linseed oil]] and [[mastic]] resin mixture that was used as a painting medium in the 18th and 19th centuries. The gel-like medium had good working properties and produced a shiny enamel film. However, megilp deteriorated with age becoming cracked, blistered, and discolored.

== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

migilpe (Port.); magilp; McGuilp; Macgilp; meglip (sp)

== Risks ==

Becomes brittle and yellow with age.
== Physical and Chemical Properties ==

Thinned with turpentine

==Resources and Citations==

*R. Mayer, ''The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques'', Viking Press, New York, 1981.

* R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, ''Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia'', Dover Publications, New York, 1966

* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

* Thomas Gregory, ''The Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Reinhold Publishing, New York, 3rd ed., 1942

* M. Doerner, ''The Materials of the Artist'', Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1934

* George Savage, ''Art and Antique Restorer's Handbook'', Rockliff Publishing Corp, London, 1954

* Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

* Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000



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