red paints (lacha)
Byzantium
14th Century
Source: Martelli, M. (2023). Late Byzantine Alchemical Recipe Books: Metallurgy, Pharmacology, and Cuisine. In Baki, C. & Eneyni, R. (Eds.), Policy Advisory Systems in Autocracies (pp. 336-353). Cambridge University Press.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
lacha
Preparation Steps
A recipe for the preparation of red paint, referred to as lacha (p. 348).
Original Recipe Text
A recipe for the preparation of red paint, referred to as lacha (p. 348).
Evidence
"folio 62 features recipes on chrysography as well as the preparation of yellow vegetal paints (barzion) and red paints (lacha)."
Remarks
'Lacha' usually refers to lac-dye or similar organic red resins/pigments.
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
philological analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
RegionByzantium
Approx. Year1350
Source Information
AuthorMartelli, M.
CollectionMS Bononiensis 1808, f. 62
Language
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