Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2092Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Gipsum moles sicut ocrum. sed nil e eo facies nisi cum uolueris aurum in libris ponere. Tunc uero superpones aurum sicut de ocro diximus. Translation Gypsum is ground like ochre, but you will not have any use for it except when you wish to lay gold in books. And then you put on the gold as we have described when speaking of ochre. Source Library/ Place of edition Title Year Starting date End date Display order london, British Library Sloane 1754, Liber de coloribus illuminatorum sive pictorum- Liber de tincturis pannorum XIIIth (1H.) Page number(s) in source: 144 Glossary Historical name Current name gipsum Gypsum Artistic contents: Gips Artistic techniques: Buchmalerei Metallauflage Goldgrundierung Gold