Sentence examples for gilded copper from inspiring English sources

Chapels abounded in images of gold, gilded copper, or painted and gilded clay; some were decorated with stucco scenes in high relief; in others the remains of deceased lamas were enshrined in silver or gilded stupas.

The gilded copper weathervanes.

It is also embellished with bits of silver, gilt, gilded copper and a mirrored top.

From the 8th century, gilded copper was frequently used for liturgical vessels, the characteristic reddish colour of the copper imparting a deeper gold colour to the gilt.

Rich in textures and colours, the temples are embellished with carved and painted struts, carved doorframes and window frames, and embossed gilded copper sheets.

One of the most famous buildings is the Fürstenburg, with a balcony with a gilded copper roof, supposedly built by Duke Frederick and refashioned by the emperor Maximilian in about 1500.

Every evening at 5.30pm, trumpeters step on to the balcony of the Golden Roof (Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse) 7 – an old-town landmark decorated with 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles – and entertain the crowds with Christmas songs.

The unexpected beauty of that hoary skyscraper, its blocky mass lightened by its Deer Isle granite, the cold November sun gilding the copper statue of Civic Fame against the blue November sky, stopped me.

Table 2 Table of characterised metallic pigments Manuscript name Godescalc Evangelistary Saint-Denis's Gospels St. Médard de Soissons's Gospels Theodulf's Bible Theodulf's Bible Saint-Riquier's Gospels Mark NAL1203 lat.9387 lat.9380 BM.041937 lat.9380 BM.04 Date 781 783 End of the 8th c. c.800 Early 9th c. 801 818 Before 800 Gilded text Gold + copper (0.3 2.5%) + lead?

The focal point of the town is the 16th century balcony with 2657 copper tiles gilded with six kilos of gold, called the Golden Roof.

The surface of copper can be successfully gilded, and its reddish colouring makes the gilding seem even brighter.