vergaut
Castile
13th Century
Source: Vieira, M.; Melo, M.J.; Nabais, P.; Lopes, J.A.; Lopes, G.V.; Fernández, L.F. (2024). The Colors in Medieval Illuminations through the Magnificent Scriptorium of Alfonso X, the Learned. Heritage, 7(1), 272-300.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
orpiment, indigo
Preparation Steps
A homogeneous mixture of orpiment and indigo found in the Musicians’ codex, Lapidary, and Book of Games (p. 283). Section 3.5.1 (p. 289) cites the 'Liber diversarum arcium' (ca. 1300) for the preparation: 'Put orpiment and indigo or azure, makes yellow-green, incide with indigo tempered with vinegar or with azure such that it should be more green, matiz with orpiment'.
Original Recipe Text
A homogeneous mixture of orpiment and indigo found in the Musicians’ codex, Lapidary, and Book of Games (p. 283). Section 3.5.1 (p. 289) cites the 'Liber diversarum arcium' (ca. 1300) for the preparation: 'Put orpiment and indigo or azure, makes yellow-green, incide with indigo tempered with vinegar or with azure such that it should be more green, matiz with orpiment'.
Evidence
"Vergaut was identified using Raman spectroscopy, which indicated the presence of orpiment in a mixture with indigo."
Remarks
In some instances of vergaut, the blue component was found to be lapis lazuli instead of indigo (p. 284).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Raman
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorGreen
RegionCastile
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
TitleThe Colors in Medieval Illuminations through the Magnificent Scriptorium of Alfonso X, the Learned
AuthorVieira, M.; Melo, M.J.; Nabais, P.; Lopes, J.A.; Lopes, G.V.; Fernández, L.F.
CollectionRoyal Library of the El Escorial Monastery
Language
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