Alum tawed

Alum tawing is a process for preparing white leather by soaking animal skin in alum (potassium aluminium sulphate).

Alum tawing is a process for preparing white leather by soaking animal skin in alum (potassium aluminium sulphate).

  • French:
    alun
  • Italian:
    allume
  • Spanish:
    alumbre

Michelle Brown, Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts (Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the British Library, c1994).