dragon's blood
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
dragon's blood, red resin
Preparation Steps
Used as 'tears of dragon's blood' (a red resin) for the painterly imitation of gemstones, specifically doublets (p. 211).
Original Recipe Text
Used as 'tears of dragon's blood' (a red resin) for the painterly imitation of gemstones, specifically doublets (p. 211).
Evidence
"Among these we find, for example, a painter’s trick for painterly imitations of gemstones (doublets) ‘with tears of dragon's blood' - a red resin that, Mayerne notes, ‘can be easily purchased at the druggist’"
Remarks
Mayerne notes it could be easily purchased from druggists (p. 211).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Probable
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorRed
RegionLondon
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorBoulboullé, Jenny. "Drawn up by a learned physician from the mouths of artisans: The Mayerne manuscript revisited." 2020.
CollectionDruggist
Language
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