Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
gold powder
Pulverized gold leaf dispersed in an aqueous binder and used in the illumination of manuscripts. Gold powder is both difficult to obtain and more expensive than gold leaf. See also:
SHELL GOLD
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