Gold

Scope note

Use for the pure metallic element having symbol Au and atomic number 79; soft, heavy, chemically inactive, yellow metal, considered as a precious metal since ancient times, and serving in many cultures as the basis of material trade values. Use also for this metal as processed and formed, usually in combination with other substances, to make various objects and materials.

This term has 5,271 records attributed within our system.

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AAT
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Getty AAT term number

300011021

Broader Terms used

<gold and gold alloy>

Term used for

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Tankard

Tankard

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown

An image of Chalice

Chalice

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown (Probably)

An image of Other

Vitae duodecim Caesarum

Maker(s)

Author: Suetonius
Artist: Firenze, Andrea da
Scribe: Monasterio, Johannes Hornsen de

An image of Reliquary

Reliquary

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Unknown

An image of Book of hours

Book of Hours

Maker(s)

Artist: Lathem, Lieven van

An image of Antiphoner

Antiphoner

Maker(s)

Artists: Battista Rosa, Giovanni and assistants
Scribe: Ballo, Giovanni (Iohannes Ballus)

An image of Cutting (manuscript)

Historiated initial from an Antiphoner

An image of Ambrosian use

Breviary

An image of PD.118-1948_2_201408_kly25_dc1.jpg

Lady on a throne in a palace

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Marlay 40-pl.12_2_201409_jas244_dc1.jpg

A newly married couple in a courtyard

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Marlay 40-pl.16_201409_jas244_mas.tif

Hindoo lady reading a love letter under a tree

Maker(s)

Miniaturist: Unknown

An image of Other

Milleloquium of St Ambrose

Maker(s)

Author: Caruso of Urbino, Bartolomeo
Illuminator: Vimercate, Tomasino da
Artist: Taegio, Anrigino da
Scribe: Guioldis, Petrus de
Scribe: Bregonziis de Soma, Dyonisius de

An image of Vinaigrette

Vinaigrette

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

An image of Book of hours

Book of Hours

Maker(s)

Artist: Master of Fitzwilliam 268

An image of Cutting (manuscript)

Cutting from a choir book

Maker(s)

Artist: Cortese, Cristoforo

An image of Armorial goblet

Armorial goblet

Maker(s)

Enameller: Beilby, William (Probably)
Maker: uncertain (Probably)

An image of Ring

Ring

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

An image of Book of hours

Book of Hours

Leaf from a Choir Psalter

An image of Snuff box

Snuff box

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

An image of Book of hours

Hours

An image of Other

Opera

Maker(s)

Author: Lactantius
Scribe: Gobellini de Lins, Johannes

Book of Hours

Maker(s)

Author: Grote, Geert

Illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Gratian’s Decretum with the Glossa ordinaria of Bartolomeo da Brescia

Maker(s)

Artist: The Marlay Gratian atelier
Author: Gratian
Author: Brescia, Bartolomeo da

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