Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2139Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Gipsum quidam color est qui a parisiacensi affertur urbe. Iste color non ualet: nisi ad aurum in percameno ponendum. Translation Gypsum is a kind of pigment which is brought from Paris. It is of no use as a colour, except for laying gold on parchment. 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: 147 Glossary Historical name Current name gipsum Gypsum Artistic contents: Gips Artistic techniques: Pergament (Bild-, Schriftträger) Buchmalerei Goldgrundierung