Poliment
The poliment is the main subsurface for the z. B. gold to be applied to carvings that would otherwise not adhere (gold carrier).
It is a fine, elaborately prepared and glued clay , mostly red, yellow or gray-blue. Due to its greasiness and the suction effect, gold leaf sticks firmly to the surface. This clay has been used since the Middle Ages and is still used today.
For production, hide glue dissolved in distilled water is mixed with a specially prepared bolus . The bolus mass consists of a fat tone of different color and origin, as well as soap .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Katharina Möhring: The pulpit altar of the church in Selbelang . Berlin 2000, page 66, online ( memento from October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF).