Marike Spring suggests that we look at espesse and derivatives and consider when "dense," "density," is more appropriate than "thick," "thickness." The former ("dense") is preferable in the entries about painting on 65r, 65v. For instance:
TCN on 65r: - “Toute couleur ou chose qui se rend espesse y mectant de l’eau en broyant a corps. Mays celles qui n’en ont point, co<mm>e le verre pilé, la laque &[c], se rendent claires."
Current TL: - "Any color or thing that thickens when water is put with it while grinding has body. But those that lack it, such as pestled glass, lake, &[c], become clear."
Suggested change (w additional translation tweaks): - "Every color or thing that becomes dense when water is put in during grinding has body. But those which do not have it, such as pestled glass, lake, &[c], become clear."
TCN on 65v: - "On glasse co<mmun>ement avecq couleurs qui n’ont point de corps, co<mm>e la laque & le verdegris. Touteffois, pour se servir des aultres, on y mesle quantité de cristallin calciné & broyé, qui n’ha point aussy de corps & rend esclarcist l’espesseur des aultres."
Current TL: - "One commonly glazes with colors which do not have body, such as lake & verdigris. However, to use others, one mixes in a quantity of calcined & crushed crystal glass, which also has no body & makes lightens their thickness."
Suggested change (w additional translation tweaks): - "One usually glazes with colors that do not have any body, such as lake & verdigris. However, to use other colors, one mixes in a quantity of calcined & ground cristallin, which also has no body & lightens the density of the others."
For "espesseur," Cotgrave gives "thicknesse, densitie," so this is not problematic with respect to our translation protocols. For "espez, espesse," Cotgrave gives "thicke; massive, grosse, big; close, neere, hard compact together."
SCOPE OF WORK 1) implement suggested changes above to 65r, 65v 2) read through instances of "espesse," "espesseur" — particularly the ones in entries about painting, pigments — and decide whether to change "thickness" to "density"
@ps2270 Please review and sign off on scope of work. THU consulted with TT, who approves.