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Lead white pigment in glass jar
Kindly supplied by Joumana Medlej
BL, Harley MS 3915, fol 19r
Theophilus's twelfth- century recipe for making ceruse (lead white) and minium (red lead). Translation on next slide
BL, Add MS 34890, fol. 10v
Detail of Matthew's face, painted in lead white
Lead white pigment in glass jar
Kindly supplied by Joumana Medlej
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