[DCRM-L] Fore-edge decoration description

[JOHN LANCASTER]

I don’t know what the correct term would be, but it looks as if the decorator took a brush fairly well loaded with the paint and tapped it against the edges, with a downward (or upward - but moving perpendicularly to the edges) motion, three or four times for each “stripe”, maybe dragging it a bit to spread the color - the tapping would result in a little spatter - it’s neither sprinkled nor stained, and only partially spattered.  Perhaps an artist would have a more precise or descriptive term for the technique.

John Lancaster


On Oct 15, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Randal S. BRANDT <rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> I'm trying to describe an edge decoration situation I've never seen before. Since a picture is more effective than words, please see some images I posted Flickr:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/7321780@N05/21582825453/
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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/7321780@N05/22016053948/
> 
> Right now, I've got "edges sprinkled [?] in alternating red and green stripes". Can anyone come up with something better? Is there a technical term for this type of decoration?
> 
> FYI, the book in question is Gart der Gesundheit (Augsburg : Johann Schönsperger, 1486).
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Randal S. Brandt
> The Bancroft Library | University of California, Berkeley
> 510.643.2275 | rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu

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