chrysograph

chrys·o·graph

[kris-uh-graf, -grahf]
noun
1.
a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
verb (used with object)
2.
to write with gold ink.

Origin:
1830–40; see chrysography, -graph

chry·sog·ra·pher [kri-sog-ruh-fer] , noun
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