Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2093Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Pannum folii scindes et scissuras in coquilla pones. Hoc expleto: superfundes glaream oui et sines maturescere. fietque purpureus color. Si uis miscere cum brasillo. et iterum si uis cum albo potes. Translation Cut up cloth dyed with folium, and put the cuttings in a dish. After doing this, pour white of egg on them, let it steep, and they will take on a purple colour. If you wish to mix it with brazil or, if you wish, with white, you may do so. 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 brasilium, brasillum, bresillum, bresilum Brasil wood colorant brasilium, brasillum, bresillum, bresilum Caesalpina echinata (Brasil wood) Artistic contents: Tüchleinfarbe Chrozophora tinctoria JUSS. Eikläre Tüchleinfarbe Chrozophora tinctoria JUSS. Brasilfarbmittel Tüchleinfarbe Chrozophora tinctoria JUSS. Weißpigment Artistic techniques: Bindemittel / Temperieren Farbmischungen Buchmalerei