glair

The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | 195 words | Copyright

glair. A term for white of egg when used as the medium in illuminating manuscripts, in tempera painting, and in gilding with gold dust. It is also used as an adhesive substance to fix gold leaf.

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