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Relmenda: a Spanish field guide to gold leaf
A detailed Spanish-language reference to traditional gold-leaf work, from preparing the support to burnishing with agate and repairing losses.
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The reference is organized as nine workshop stages, beginning with leaf thickness and format and ending with humidity, cleaning, and storage of gold-leaf booklets. It distinguishes loose leaf from transfer leaf, explains why a gesso-and-animal-glue ground matters, and treats gold selection as a restoration decision as well as an aesthetic one. The visible text also covers the different working conditions of water gilding and oil-mordant gilding.
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