Imitation Gold
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To make bronze the color of gold</head>
<ab>Take <m>copper</m> filings, <m>ochre</m>, <m>gum</m>, and <m>alum</m>, grind it all together in a <m>stone</m> mortar, and when it is well ground, lay it as needed with a paintbrush, and then polish it with m>wolf tooth</m> or <m>dog tooth</m>.</ab>
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To <m>gild</m> paintings’ mouldings with matte <m>gold</m></head>
<ab>See on the other side of this folio this mark: <figure>*</figure></ab>
<ab>The <pl>Flemish</pl> apply one coat of distempered <m>glue</m> on the moulding, then they distemper some <m>lamp black</m> or <m>soot black</m> with this same <m>glue</m> and leave it to dry. They polish the corners of a few Moresque <sup>ornamentations</sup> and paint them with <m>minium</m>, <m>massicot</m>, <m>ocher de ru</m>, and a bit of <m>yellow ocher</m> distempered with greasy <m>oil</m> in which they clean their <m>oil</m> brushes, because the three aforesaid colors are adherent and dry quickly. After that, they apply the <m>gold</m> and then varnish upon it, and it seems to some that by this means all the black is painted in <m>oil</m>. But it will not be good because the <m>gold</m> can be attacked everywhere and not only on the Moresque <sup>ornamentations</sup>. Go back to the top following this <figure>*</figure></ab>
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<figure>*</figure>
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>Matte <m>gold</m></head>
It is made with it with <m>massicot</m>, the <m>ore of ochre de ru</m>, and <m>yellow ocher</m>. In order that the composition tends toward <m>gilded</m> <m>gold</m> on the day after it is applied, if you made the underlayer the evening that you made the color, after having <m>gilded</m>, leave it to dry and rest for one day. After that, rub the <m>gilding</m> with a <m>feather</m> and with <m>cotton</m> so that no flaw will remain, then varnish with <pl>Flanders</pl> varnish that you mix with a bit of <m>spirits</m> in order to make it desiccative. The varnish will be dry in an hour. It will enhance the color of <m>gold</m>. And this matte <m>gold</m> is resistant to the rain provided that you rub it, but it must be dry for eight or ten days. <m>Gold</m> color that is made of various colors from the cleaning of <m>oil</m> brushes is not so good and with time it tarnishes the <m>gold</m> as a result of the <m>verdigris</m>. You must not touch the coat made with gold with your fingers because it will prevent it <sup>the <m>verdigris</m></sup> from attacking it. The moulded <m>gold</m> is spoiled if it touches <m>water</m>, but matte <m>gold</m> is resistant in the rain and in <m>water</m>. You must not burnish it because the tooth would remove it. Collect the imperfections and scraps that you have removed with <m>cotton</m> when the <m>gold</m> is dry and you clean it, because an ounce is worth as much as <m>gold</m>. In <pl>Flanders</pl> the women <m>gild</m>. It is more beautiful when it is a little thick but in <pl>France</pl> they beat it too delicately. On <m>canvas</m> and in distemper one <m>gilds</m> with <m>bol</m>, and <m>honey</m>, and a bit of <m>garlic juice</m>. Breathe on the <m>gold</m> color and if it clouds it is quite dry, but if it will not show the vapor of the breath then it is not quite <sup>dry</sup>. You must not <m>gild</m> with matte <m>gold</m> after having <m>gilded</m> but wait one day or one night. Thus, being dry, it will grip the <m>gold</m>. After that, varnish.
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To make a very beautiful and inexpensive golden color</head>
<ab>First of all take a very yellow <m>orange peel</m> and carefully remove the white parts, and pulverize it very well it in a very clean mortar. Take the same amount of <m>sulphur</m>, grind all the ingredients together, pour the mixture into a glass vial, and store it in a cellar or other damp place for eight or ten days. When you want to apply it, you must warm the mixture and apply it wherever you like and you will see a very beautiful color. </ab>
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