Finding the Heart of Safflower
Thanks for the very interesting post - and for mentioning the Ruzbihan Qur’an, which I found online...
https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Is_1558/6/LOG_0000/
... with some gorgeous images in the blogposts on its complementary gold & ultramarine
https://chesterbeattyconservation.wordpress.com/tag/the-ruzbihan-quran/
My pleasure! If you're interested in more detail, there is a wonderful (and beautifully presented) study of the materials used for it in the book Lapis and Gold by Elaine Wright.
Oooh... will look up... thank you!
Fascinating process. Always humbling to see what book creation truly entailed in the good old days.
Thanks! I appreciated your recent post as well, though I couldn't comment. They have no idea what they're summoning!
Thanks for the very interesting post - and for mentioning the Ruzbihan Qur’an, which I found online...
https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Is_1558/6/LOG_0000/
... with some gorgeous images in the blogposts on its complementary gold & ultramarine
https://chesterbeattyconservation.wordpress.com/tag/the-ruzbihan-quran/
My pleasure! If you're interested in more detail, there is a wonderful (and beautifully presented) study of the materials used for it in the book Lapis and Gold by Elaine Wright.
Oooh... will look up... thank you!
Fascinating process. Always humbling to see what book creation truly entailed in the good old days.
Thanks! I appreciated your recent post as well, though I couldn't comment. They have no idea what they're summoning!