The Manuscript Codex * Materials
LACQUER

Refers to composite materials and associated production techniques in which a base of pasteboard was painted with miniatures or illumination, often on a coating of gesso, and then coated with lustrous varnish made from linseed oil, gum sandarac and other ingredients.
 
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UBL OR. 8772

 

AUTHORS: PAUL HEPWORTH AND KARIN SCHEPER