Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c14.150

c14.150

Mānasollāsa, a mediæval Sanskrit text on painting and other allied subjects, 2, 67; mentions conch-shell lime and nāga, 76–77; mentions preparation of the lamp-black, ib.; red pigments, 78–79; 81; mentions ultramarine azure, 82; refers to orpiment, ib.; list of mixed colours, 84; mentions the method of preparing gold powder, 88–89; formula of making the size, 90; the method of making a style, 91;