A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge (1598)
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538-1600, Haydock, Richard · Printed at Oxford : By Ioseph Barnes for R.H. · leaf 266
OF THE COLOVR OF THE PEACOCKE. CHAT. XV. … He Colour of the Peacocke (which in deede fignifi-eth that which is elfewhcrc fpokcn thereof) accor-dingtofbme others noteth a defpifing of death forloue, exprefling (as they (ay) a kinde of foolifh bold-nefiebyreafbnof Lake (which is afanguine colour)mixed with blewe, whence arifeth a mixt colour…
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