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  Saffron was  used, for yellow and sometimes gold with real gold dust 
added.  Also, according to my books sulfur was treated with oils to make a 
"yellow" like pigment.

     Lady Katherine McGuire


>From: CBlackwill at aol.com
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - quenelles again...
>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 01:17:15 EDT
>
>In a message dated 6/8/00 2:56:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>oftraquair at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > Will pure pigment do the jobs, or is there something special about
>'tempera'
> >  pigment?  Studio Supply in Chapel Hill sells "Schmincke" pigments.  
>Jars
> >  about the size of a can of soda, filled with pure pigment, oh so 
>pricey,
>but
> >
> >  the burnt sienna truly is burnt sienna and the ultramarine really is
> >  ultramarines and a jar that size could probably be divided amongst all 
>the
> >  scribes in Atlantia, and we'd still have to pass on the leftovers in 
>our
> >  wills.
>
>Come payday, I am soooo there!  On the same topic, does anyone have any 
>idea
>as to what period scribes used to make yellow pigment for their 
>paints/inks?
>I have had some success with a few other colors, but yellow is hard for me 
>to
>find.  Any help would be appreciated.  I am seriously considering using
>saffron at the moment, because the yello tempera I have is way too bright.
>
>Balthazar of Blackmoor
>
>Mr. Wizard, what happens when you combine pasta and antipasta?
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