Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2104Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Sanguis draconis incides de nigro. maptizabis de albo plumbo. Item miscebis sanguinem draconis cum auripigmento. Incides de sanguine draconis. maptizabis de albo plumbo. Translation You may darken dragon´s blood with black, and model on it with white. Or mix dragon´s blood with orpiment, shade with dragon´s blood, and put on the lights 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 auripigmentum Orpiment auripigmentum undetermined substance/ingredient Artistic contents: Drachenblut Schwarz Bleiweiß Drachenblut Auripigment Bleiweiß Artistic techniques: Buchmalerei Farbmischungen Modellierung / Farbkonkordanzen