Duplicating the Artist’s Palette: A Classroom Exercise Illustrating the Role of Pigments, Natural Binders and Gold Foil Inlays in Illuminated Manuscripts: An Exercise for Forensic Chemistry and Art Conservation Students

Douglas A. Ridolfi

doi:10.69525/jasqde.256

Duplicating the Artist’s Palette: A Classroom Exercise Illustrating the Role of Pigments, Natural Binders and Gold Foil Inlays in Illuminated Manuscripts: An Exercise for Forensic Chemistry and Art Conservation Students

Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners

Volume 22 (2019): Issue 1

By: Douglas A. Ridolfi

Open Access

|Jun 2019

Abstract

This paper provides an outline of an exercise related to the reproduction of the pigment and natural binders used in historical illuminated manuscripts. Students are introduced to the microscopic examination of modern pigments and how they differ from historical, hand ground pigments derived from mineral and natural pigments. They also prepare natural binders derived from egg white and egg yolk and observe the relative utility of these natural adhesives for pigment vs. gold inlay application to art paper.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.256 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287

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Language: English

Page range: 37 - 44

Published on: Jun 1, 2019

Published by: American Society of Questioned Document Examiners

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Pigments,

natural binders,

illuminated manuscripts

© 2019 Douglas A. Ridolfi, published by American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 22 (2019): Issue 1