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fire until it is cooked enough. And pour it into a cloth
that is woven tight enough. And when you have poured it, let it to
cool a little. And if you see that it is too thick so that you cannot
pour it, you will put a little of the said oil & you will
make it better.




For making red varnish

Take vermillion and make it soak in gum water quite
clear, like the other. Make two or three ground layers as above.




For making yellow varnish

Take some gum arabic & make it tr
soak with water, then take some well beaten saffron, &
soak the said gum, and make it quite clear, then make your ground
layer on that which you want to varnish, & let it dry, & when it
is dry give another ground layer of the same, & let it dry as before
until it is dry enough. Then take varnish from an
apothecary. Crush by blows one far enough from the other.
Then wash your hands quite well & with your
palm spread your varnish.




Recipe for white gum

Take white wax & ceruse & a little of fine
pitch very well pounded together, & put it in a small new
pot & make it melt. And when it will be melted you will
make a palette of woodof&
burnish what you want.




Green gum

Take green wax with a little of verdigris and make it
melt as above.



