063r - - - - - Amaranth color
Although it is said to be immortal, it is nonetheless the case that white wine removes its tint & turns claret—colored, & next the dried flower ends up white. Note that thus wine, & I have tried it. Eau de vie does as much.
Drying of oil
If the oil does not dry out, put in massicot & minium. There is no better oil than walnut, for it does not dry out too soon nor too late.
Casting
The Germans use lead from Flanders because it is very soft. And to cast better they take lead ore & melt it, & separate what is melted from the from the filth & ore, & pour it into a separate vessel, then the bottom they cast with it. For the lead must not have been used in works before, but rather completely new. Some cast into molds of iron & copper.
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or new lead coming from the mine. They melt it twice in a crucible. In the first one, they cleanse it of filth. In the second, they en cast.
Shadows
German painters make their shadows on flesh colour of people with ground jet, stil de grain yellow & ochre.
Bistre
It is only used in distemper, & with this wood color is made.
Verdigris and another very beautiful bright green
One ought not to grind it with water alone, for that makes it die. To render it beautiful in distemper, some grind it with vinegar, but that makes it turn pale & become whitish. To render it beautiful, grind it with urine & leave to dry. Then, whenever you like, grind it with oil. And after you have collected it with the spatula, before finishing to clean the marble, grind stil de grain yellow on it. And you will have a very beautiful green.