Article · The Manuscripts Lab, University of Cambridge
Experimenting with the Touch of Medieval Books. Part 2: The Practicalities
By Rebecca Field
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2022
About this lesson
A researcher describes gilding with a layered gum ammoniac mordant instead of gesso, transfer leaf, brushing off excess and burnishing with an agate dogtooth. It explains why handmade mordants give control over thickness.
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