Technical and Historical information on Gilding

The Craftsman's Handbook, Cennino Cennini, trans. D.V. Thompson, Dover.

European Glass, Olga Drahotova, Peerage Books.

Artists' Pigments c.1600-1835, R.D. Harley, Butterworth

A Handbook of Roman Art, ed. Martin Henig, Phaidon

Journal of Glass Studies, vol.10, for information on glass from the tomb at Canosa.

Gold Leaf Techniques, Raymond LeBlanc. rev.

Mirrors, Roche, Courage and Devinoy, Wasmuth.

The Mirror Book, Herbert Schiffer, Schiffer, USA.

Gilding on Wood, Glass or Metal, Lawrence Strong, E.C. Mathews and C. Dupont, Strongs School of Lettering, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
(Copies available from Fine Gold Sign Co., 1644 Wilmington Blvd. Wilmington, CA. 90744, USA)

The Art and Craft of Signwriting, William Sutherland, Omega