Schitgeel

Historical name
Description

A transparent yellow lake pigment used since the 16th century. It was initially extracted from unripe buckthorn berries (rhamnetin), and later from oak bark (quercitron).

Other names: 

Schijtgeel (Dutch), schitgèèl (Dutch), schitgeel (Dutch), lake yellow (English), pinke (English), ancorca (Spanish for ocre), arzica (Greek), azicha (Greek), giallo santo (Italian), pincke (English), pynck (English), pynke (English), scheijtgeel (Dutch), Schietgelb (German), Schitt Gelb (German), Schüttgelb (German), English pink (English), Italian pink (English), stil de grain brun (French), stil de grain vert (French)

 

 

Current Names
Current name
Dutch Pink
Records
Library / Place of Edition Title Source title Year
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052 (full plain transcript)] 1620-1646
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.4] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.6] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052, f.9] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms.Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.8] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms. Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.11] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms. Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.12] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms. Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.13] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms. Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.14] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms. Sloane 2052]
British Library [Mayerne Manuscript Ms Sloane 2052, f.15] [Mayerne Manuscript Ms. Sloane 2052]