Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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red porphyry marble

A cover marble executed by sprinkling black color over the covers in small spots, glairing when dry, and then sprinkling with red and scarlet. When dry, scarlet was again sprinkled on in small spots. (152 )




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