Hahnenklee

German to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Pigments

This seems to be a pigment and appears in the following sentence:

"Venedig prosperierte im Gewürzhandel, und mit Grünspan, Quecksilber, Hahnenklee und Knochenkohle kamen Pigmente aus Asien nach Europa, die bislang unbekannt waren und die Malerei revolutionierten."

Does anyone know an English name for Hahnenklee?

Proposed translations (English)

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(common) sainfoin

Wendy Streitparth

Discussion

Kristina Cosumano (X) Mar 20, 2016:

I found a reference to it being Hedysarum, but without further description. Perhaps this helps your finding it (I am now curious too).

Proposed translations

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Wendy Streitparth

Germany

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Native in English

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(common) sainfoin

Die Esparcette (Hedysarum onobrychis) ...... auch Wickenklee, Süssklee, Hahnenklee..... genannt
https://books.google.de/books?id=Io1NAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA290&lpg=P...

Onobrychis viciifolia synonymy hedysarum onobrychis, onobrychis sativa

Onobrychis viciifolia, also known as O. sativa or common sainfoin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onobrychis_viciifolia

Peer comment(s):

agree	Clive Phillips : Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832), a distinguished chemist, physician, agronomist, industrialist, statesman, educator and philanthropist, "elicited a blue colour from [...] sainfoin, when treated after the manner of indigo." http://bit.ly/1ZhlUfC 10 hrs
	Many thanks, Clive
agree	Kristina Cosumano (X) : And thank you for that detail, Clive! 21 hrs
	Thanks, Kristina - you were half way there too!

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"

Glossary entry (derived from question below)

German term or phrase:

Hahnenklee

English translation:

(common) sainfoin

German term

Hahnenklee

Discussion

Proposed translations

(common) sainfoin

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