Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2102Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Vermiculum incides de bruno maptizabis de albo plumbo. Item misce uermiculum cum albo plumbo et facit colorem qui uocatur rosa. Incides de uermiculo: maptizabis de albo plumbo. Translation Shade vermilion with brown, and lighten with white lead. Mix vermilion with white lead, and it makes the colour which is called rose; you shade it with vermilion and lighten it with white lead. 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: 145 Glossary Historical name Current name vermiculum, uermiculum Cinnabar Artistic contents: Zinnober Braunpigment Bleiweiß Zinnober Bleiweiß Artistic techniques: Buchmalerei Farbmischungen Modellierung / Farbkonkordanzen