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Pigment Particles

Colored particulate material mixed with a binder to make paint; manuscript and icon sources show that pigment composition and preparation must be treated separately from the finished paint technique.

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Egg TemperaPigment Particles ←uses-material— Egg Tempera · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-370.EncausticPigment Particles ←uses-material— Encaustic · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-372.Pigment PreparationPigment Particles ←prepares— Pigment Preparation · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-373.Color Context BoundaryPigment Particles ←governs— Color Context Boundary · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-491.

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Pigment Particlesuses-materialEgg Temperauses-materialWood Panel
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Pigment Particlesuses-materialEgg Temperacan-use-techniquePanel Painting
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Pigment Particlesuses-materialEgg Temperacan-use-techniqueManuscript Illumination
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Egg Tempera

qualified-source-backed · The Icon Museum and Study Center

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Encaustic

qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pigment Preparation

qualified-source-backed · J. Paul Getty Museum

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Color Context Boundary

system-rule · Smarthistory, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

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J. Paul Getty Museum
The Alchemy of Color in Medieval Manuscripts
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text-reference-only; examples extend beyond Byzantium and are used only for bounded medieval manuscript-material context

The Icon Museum and Study Center
Creation of an Icon
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text-reference-only; modern icon-making demonstration is a reconstruction/teaching source, not universal proof of Byzantine workshop practice

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