Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2117Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Si uis facere simile uiridi gallico: misce azorium cum albo plumbo. Incides de azorio. maptizabis de albo plumbo et cum siccum fuerit cooperie de claro croco. Translation If you wish to make a colour like French green, mix azure with white lead. Shade it with azure, lighten it with white lead; and when it is dry, glaze it with transparent yellow. 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.) Glossary Historical name Current name crocus Crocus sativus L. (Saffron) colorant Artistic contents: Blaupigment Bleiweiß Safran Artistic techniques: Buchmalerei Farbmischungen Modellierung / Farbkonkordanzen