artificial azure
London
17th Century
Source: Boulboullé, Jenny. "Drawn up by a learned physician from the mouths of artisans: The Mayerne manuscript revisited." 2020.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
horse dung
Preparation Steps
The manuscript contains diverse manners for making 'very faire' artificial azure. One specific instruction indicates that the mixture 'when set in hot horse dung for a month proveth excellent' (p. 212).
Original Recipe Text
The manuscript contains diverse manners for making 'very faire' artificial azure. One specific instruction indicates that the mixture 'when set in hot horse dung for a month proveth excellent' (p. 212).
Evidence
"diverse manners for making ‘very faire’ artificial azure that ‘when set in hot horse dung for a month proveth excellent (…)’ span several folios."
Remarks
This entry illustrates the use of traditional biochemical environments (horse dung) for the maturation of synthetic pigments (p. 212).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorBlue
RegionLondon
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorBoulboullé, Jenny. "Drawn up by a learned physician from the mouths of artisans: The Mayerne manuscript revisited." 2020.
CollectionNetherlandish recipe
Language
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