Record General Colour ConText ID: REC:2140Original language: Latin transl_trans Transcription Morella quedam herba est in terra sancti egidii. Ex hac herba tria genera in semine exeunt. et ex hiis granis tele tinguntur. sicque mirum colorem reddunt. qui color: folium dicitur. Translation The morel is a kind of plant which grows in the land of St Giles. And from this plant three grains go out in the seed, and with these three grains cloths are dyed, and so yield up a splendid colour, called folium. 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: 147-147v Glossary Historical name Current name pannum folii, folium Turnsole Artistic contents: Chrozophora tinctoria JUSS. Artistic techniques: