just color me glazed
Oct. 26th, 2006 12:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luciabI have been reading all day long, and not the fluffy stuff, either. Okay, I admit I dozed off once and put a big old glob of yellow highlighter smack in the middle of the page, but damn, I didn't get enough sleep last night and had to get up early this AM to do laundry with La Nia.
Anyway, I am getting all intrigued with this stuff about parchment and vellum. I found a book called "Ancient Skins, Parchments and Leathers." In addition to the "skins" stuff, it also has recipes for colored inks and medieval pigments. This author says that glair was used in painting manuscripts, but I had read elsewhere that it wasn't used there becuase it waasn't flexible enough. I won't pursue that for this paper, though. He also has some really interesting stuff about gold leaf adhesives, too.
I am still annoyed that I haven't found much on the effects of iron gall ink on parchment and vellum, as opposed to iron gall ink on paper, which has tons of stuff. I've enjoyed learning about the vellum so much I WILL find a way to incorporate at least some of it. And damn, ppls, I am getting some good stuff to teach in University classes. I'll probably skip the recipe that has "pounded mallows" (whatever they are) and urine for the gold leaf adhesive, though, as well as the recipe for letters that will "seem as gold" and includes quicksilver. Not so much with the mercury poisoning.
I think I am inching up on having a Practicum set up for next semester at UNC in the Book Repair section. Now I'm getting all anxious about it. I guess they won't give me the good stuff right off the bat, huh? Actually I won't be working with rare books anyway, though he did show us some really cool stuff they do with circulating books. We've been conducting negotiations for two days now. Very relaxed, but still, lots of questions keep flying back and forth.
Anyway, I am getting all intrigued with this stuff about parchment and vellum. I found a book called "Ancient Skins, Parchments and Leathers." In addition to the "skins" stuff, it also has recipes for colored inks and medieval pigments. This author says that glair was used in painting manuscripts, but I had read elsewhere that it wasn't used there becuase it waasn't flexible enough. I won't pursue that for this paper, though. He also has some really interesting stuff about gold leaf adhesives, too.
I am still annoyed that I haven't found much on the effects of iron gall ink on parchment and vellum, as opposed to iron gall ink on paper, which has tons of stuff. I've enjoyed learning about the vellum so much I WILL find a way to incorporate at least some of it. And damn, ppls, I am getting some good stuff to teach in University classes. I'll probably skip the recipe that has "pounded mallows" (whatever they are) and urine for the gold leaf adhesive, though, as well as the recipe for letters that will "seem as gold" and includes quicksilver. Not so much with the mercury poisoning.
I think I am inching up on having a Practicum set up for next semester at UNC in the Book Repair section. Now I'm getting all anxious about it. I guess they won't give me the good stuff right off the bat, huh? Actually I won't be working with rare books anyway, though he did show us some really cool stuff they do with circulating books. We've been conducting negotiations for two days now. Very relaxed, but still, lots of questions keep flying back and forth.
