New Research on the Origin of Mosaic Gold.

This article examines the origins of the golden pigment known as mosaic gold (SnS), formed through the sublimation of tin with mercury, sulphur, and ammonium chloride. It explores the textual transmission of mosaic gold from the earliest known written testimonies, as well as the earliest material remnants of the pigment during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Additionally, the study introduces and analyses two new recipes from an earlier date: one comes from the Greek treatise known as the ; and the other from the Latin alchemical work attributed to pseudo-Avicenna, .