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vermeilloun (c.1216-20)
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vermeilloun (c.1216-20)

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vermeillon;  vermailloun;  vermelon,  vermeloun,  vermelun,  vermiloun,  vermilloun,  vermiloune  

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1red lead, minium, vermilion, cinnabar: 
( c.1216-20; MS: 1419 )  vermiloun, glace, figes, reysyns  Lib Alb 230
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Minium quidam color est pictorum vel scriptorum. Gall[ice] et angl[ice] vermeloun  Alph 117.28
( MS: c.1300 )  Minium: est color pictorum, g[allice] vermelun  Bot Gloss 164
( 1435 )  .j. casset de vermelon, poisant lx. li.  Port Bk foster 84
2rouge (cosmetic): 
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Ivresse fait coifve de bricoun Rouge tout sanz vermeillon (M.E. vermelon)  bibb MS (O) 335va
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