Scire omnes cupientes artis peritiam

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REC:2474

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Latin

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Transcription

[VII]
Scire omnes cupientes artis peritiam istius decet, quod diu non frui color potest omnis rubeus clarea ista vitellina, at, ubi lucescerit, utatur diu memorata clarea, quae ex albumine, conficitur. nam haec est causa. clarea igitur, quae constat ex vitello ovi, pinguior multo clarea, quae de albumine fit propter vitellum, qui totus est quasi adeps pinguedine et ex ipsa pinguedine tam alacriter fulget omnis color rubeus atque non est ex alia parte adhaerabilis, sed magis frangibilis et cadibilis. idcirco si assidue de eadem pascitur, ipse scilicet color efficietur quasi adeps lucidus, sed caducus, atque ideo, ubi illuxerit una ex altera nutriatur clarea, a qua perseveranter in pergameno conglutinabitur.

Translation

Everyone who aspires to mastery in this profession should know that no red colour can enjoy that yolk glair for long; but when it has become shiny the glair already mentioned is used, which is made from the white. For this is the cause: that the glair made from the yolk of the egg is much fatter than the glair which is made from the white, owing to the nature of the yolk, which is almost greasy with fatness. And by reason of that fatness every red colour shines the more readily, and, on the other hand, is not adhesive, but more fragile and easily smudged. Therefore, if it is nourished always upon this one, it becomes, that is, the colour, almost shiny grease, but smudgy. And so, where it is to shine, one glair is modified with the other, by which it is bound firmly to the parchment.

Source

Library/ Place of edition	Title	Year	Starting date	End date	Display order
Bern, Kantonbibliothek	A. 91. 17, De Clarea		XIth (1H.)