Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640 in English Translation

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Flesh color with arsenic

Sublimated arsenic, that is to say, the white kind sold as stone, when powdered on marble, mixed with vermilion or lake or mine, produces a beautiful flesh color that always shines. Yellow arsenic has a very beautiful color, the white one works well in oil and goes well with lake.