The Breslau Psalter
Yellow pigments
Artists' Materials
Yellow pigments were not part of the shared palette, and were scarcely used throughout the manuscript. The Gaibana Master and his Associate did not use yellow at all. Hands B and C used realgar, while Hand D chose a yellow earth pigment. The remaining artists probably used an organic dye to paint small pale yellow details.
Entry into Jerusalem
This image displays Hand A’s salient features: monumental figures, gold-tooled and painted halos, shell gold applied over details painted in green, bright pink robes, tri-chromatic highlights on green drapery, white scumble on blue fabrics and light yellow areas painted with an organic colourant.