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Byzantine Iconographyvisual atlas · evidence-aware
technique

Burnishing

Polishing a prepared metallic surface to increase smoothness and reflectivity; demonstrated in museum technical resources for gilded icons and manuscripts.

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Panel Painting
qualified-source-backed · The Icon Museum and Study Center
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Gold Leaf
qualified-source-backed · The Icon Museum and Study Center
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Burnished Gold Reflectance
qualified-source-backed · The Icon Museum and Study Center, J. Paul Getty Museum
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Icon Panel Making Reconstruction
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The Icon Museum and Study Center
Creation of an Icon
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J. Paul Getty Museum
The Making of a Medieval Book
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text-reference-only; medieval manuscript process is broader than Byzantium and is used only as a qualified comparison/context source

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