CHAPTER XXXIII.

OF EVERY SORT OF GLUE FOR A PICTURE OF GOLD.

If you have not a bladder (of the sturgeon), cut up thick parchment or

vellum in the same manner,--wash and cook it. Prepare also the skin of an

eel carefully scraped, cut up and washed in the same manner. Prepare thus

also the bones of the head of the wolf-fish washed and dried, carefully

washed in water three times. To whichever of these you have prepared, add

a third part of very transparent gum, simmer it a little, and you can

keep it as long as you wish.

The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating Condensed from 'The Art of Illuminating' by the same illustrator and author · 第 7 / 10 章