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A material study / 068

Taurus: The April Loggia

Ferrara · Sage silk, limestone & beeswax.

April’s Taurus sits within a courtly calendar at Palazzo Schifanoia. Pale green silk, white blossom and honey wax bring the season into an imagined garden loggia, with limestone holding the light.

Explore the palette

6 colors / 3 material notes / An authored interpretation

Ten-compartment seasonal material tray for Taurus, with limestone white, sage silk, beeswax, blush linen, oak gold, dark horn and supporting specimens.Study 068 / The room
Plate 068 / Material & memory
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01 / The palette

Six colors, one atmosphere.

Screen colors are authored interpretations. Material photographs show surface character; they are not calibrated color samples.

02 / Play with the composition

Give the ground room, then place the accent.

Adjust the six colour areas in a screen composition. The illustrated room keeps its original materials and light.

Imagined sage-walled garden loggia, using limestone white, sage silk, beeswax, blush linen, oak gold, dark horn as a seasonal material palette.
Live pattern & proportion study

Palette proportions / Total 100%

Starting points

An editable screen composition; the room remains a fixed imagined reference.

Limestone White: 30%; Sage Silk: 15%; Beeswax: 10%; Blush Linen: 10%; Oak Gold: 20%; Dark Horn: 15%

The source / Art history

A month above the scene.

Francesco del Cossa’s April pairs Taurus with Venus at Schifanoia. Sage silk, hawthorn, horn and beeswax are this study’s spring interpretation. The imagined loggia borrows their material contrast without presenting itself as a reconstruction of the palace or its court.

Musei Ferrara · April, Palazzo Schifanoia (1469–1470) ↗

Read the holding institution’s record. No museum photograph or manuscript scan is reproduced here.

Nine-compartment seasonal specimen drawer with limestone white, sage silk, beeswax, blush linen, oak gold, dark horn and supporting materials.
Palette source / Six colours sampled from this contemporary specimen drawer.

The calendar / Computed

The dates, in two frames.

Tropical

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Exact UTC ingresses

Enters: 2026-04-20 01:31 UTC
Next sign: 2026-05-21 00:29 UTC

Sidereal · Lahiri

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Exact UTC ingresses

Enters: 2026-05-15 00:41 UTC
Next sign: 2026-06-15 07:12 UTC

Intervals include the entry and exclude the next boundary. Sidereal offset at ingress: 24.2255° (Lahiri). Sign transitions are refined to one minute. Refinement is computational resolution, not a claim of observational accuracy. Local calendar dates may differ from UTC.

Calculation source and version

Lunologium source revision 4d4d8ecc · astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Generated reference for 2026–2028; year labels identify the year of entry, so a Capricorn interval continues into the next January.

Take away / A constellation card

Taurus, point by point.

Taurus constellation reference cardBright Star Catalogue J2000 positions, stars brighter than magnitude 4.5. North up and east left. Original editorial connecting lines; not a live observing or navigation chart.{"source":"https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/star-catalog/bsc5p.html","terms":"https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/data_policy.html","catalogue":"Hoffleit, D., & Warren, W. H., Jr. (1991). Bright Star Catalogue, 5th revised edition (preliminary). HEASARC BSC5P.","epoch":"J2000.0","lines":[[1239,1346],[1346,1412],[1412,1457],[1457,1910],[1346,1373],[1373,1409],[1409,1791]],"publicationCredit":"The Chromologium"}TaurusN ↑ · E ← · J2000.010 Tau · HR 1101 · magnitude 4.2838Nu Tau · HR 1251 · magnitude 3.9149Mu Tau · HR 1320 · magnitude 4.291Omi Tau · HR 1030 · magnitude 3.62Xi Tau · HR 1038 · magnitude 3.7488 Tau · HR 1458 · magnitude 4.2535Lam Tau · HR 1239 · magnitude 3.4790 Tau · HR 1473 · magnitude 4.275 Tau · HR 1066 · magnitude 4.1171 Tau · HR 1394 · magnitude 4.4954Gam Tau · HR 1346 · magnitude 3.6578The2Tau · HR 1412 · magnitude 3.477The1Tau · HR 1411 · magnitude 3.8487Alp Tau · HR 1457 · magnitude 0.8561Del1Tau · HR 1373 · magnitude 3.7668Del3Tau · HR 1389 · magnitude 4.29119 Tau · HR 1845 · magnitude 4.3874Eps Tau · HR 1409 · magnitude 3.53123Zet Tau · HR 1910 · magnitude 337 Tau · HR 1256 · magnitude 4.3665Kap1Tau · HR 1387 · magnitude 4.2269Ups Tau · HR 1392 · magnitude 4.2894Tau Tau · HR 1497 · magnitude 4.2823 Tau · HR 1156 · magnitude 4.1827 Tau · HR 1178 · magnitude 3.6325Eta Tau · HR 1165 · magnitude 2.8717 Tau · HR 1142 · magnitude 3.720 Tau · HR 1149 · magnitude 3.8719 Tau · HR 1145 · magnitude 4.3112Bet Tau · HR 1791 · magnitude 1.65BRIGHT STAR CATALOGUE · HEASARC · MAG < 4.5Original editorial line list · catalogue positions, not an observing forecastchromologium.com/studies/taurus · Data terms: heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/data_policy.html

This chart uses numerical star data supplied by HEASARC, a service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA/GSFC. Hoffleit & Warren, Bright Star Catalogue (1991) · Data-use terms.

North up, east left. Relative visual magnitude controls dot size. Positions use J2000.0 and a local projection with a cosine correction. The connecting lines were authored for this card; constellation boundaries and the Sun’s current position are not drawn. Print on A4 or Letter in portrait orientation.

Read the star coordinates
Taurus star positions · J2000.0 · degrees
StarHRRight ascensionDeclination
10 Tau110154.21830.4017
38Nu Tau125160.78925.9892
49Mu Tau132063.88388.8922
1Omi Tau103051.20339.0289
2Xi Tau103851.79259.7328
88 Tau145868.913710.1608
35Lam Tau123960.1712.4903
90 Tau147369.539612.5108
5 Tau106652.718312.9367
71 Tau139466.586715.6183
54Gam Tau134664.948315.6275
78The2Tau141267.165415.8708
77The1Tau141167.143815.9622
87Alp Tau145768.9816.5092
61Del1Tau137365.733717.5425
68Del3Tau138966.372517.9281
119 Tau184583.053318.5944
74Eps Tau140967.154219.1803
123Zet Tau191084.411221.1425
37 Tau125661.173822.0819
65Kap1Tau138766.342122.2939
69Ups Tau139266.577122.8136
94Tau Tau149770.561222.9569
23 Tau115656.581723.9483
27 Tau117857.290424.0533
25Eta Tau116556.871324.105
17 Tau114256.218824.1133
20 Tau114956.456724.3678
19 Tau114556.302124.4672
112Bet Tau179181.572928.6075

Tradition / Historical classification

A note on the tradition.

In the traditional classification recorded by Lunologium, Taurus is fixed earth, with Venus as its traditional ruler. These are cultural categories, separate from the computed solar position and the colours sampled for this study.

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03 / Translate

From a room to an interface.

The room / imagined interior
Imagined sage-walled garden loggia, using limestone white, sage silk, beeswax, blush linen, oak gold, dark horn as a seasonal material palette.

The interface

TAURUS

Objects, rooms & materials

The April Loggia

April’s Taurus sits within a courtly calendar at Palazzo Schifanoia. Pale green silk, white blossom and honey wax bring the season into an imagined garden loggia, with limestone holding the light.

Imagined sage-walled garden loggia, using limestone white, sage silk, beeswax, blush linen, oak gold, dark horn as a seasonal material palette.
Limestone White / Beeswax / Oak GoldCollection 068

The same palette. Different roles.

A working reference

Use this palette.

A suggested interface use of the study’s paper and accent. Supporting ink is added for legibility; original palette values stay intact.

Surface #CCBAA3Supporting ink #171615Accent #32271D
Inspect application CSS
/* Sourced from Chromologium (https://chromologium.com/studies/taurus) */
/* Suggested application roles; original palette preserved separately. */
:root {
  --study-surface: #CCBAA3;
  --study-ink: #171615;
  --study-accent: #32271D;
  --study-accent-ink: #ffffff;
  --study-original-1: #CCBAA3; /* Limestone White */
  --study-original-2: #767B53; /* Sage Silk */
  --study-original-3: #B67D12; /* Beeswax */
  --study-original-4: #C9A49A; /* Blush Linen */
  --study-original-5: #9A6737; /* Oak Gold */
  --study-original-6: #32271D; /* Dark Horn */
}
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Materials

The ingredients.

Limestone White, a close detail from the taurus specimen drawer.
Limestone WhiteA material reference from the taurus specimen drawer.
Beeswax, a close detail from the taurus specimen drawer.
BeeswaxA material reference from the taurus specimen drawer.
Oak Gold, a close detail from the taurus specimen drawer.
Oak GoldA material reference from the taurus specimen drawer.

An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.

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Sources & interpretation

A contemporary material tray and imagined sage-walled garden loggia, informed by a linked historical source. The six screen colours were sampled from this study’s specimen drawer; they are not measured historical pigments.

The palette follows the authored material references in this collection. Room, object and material imagery were created for this study. These are imagined settings, with no affiliation to the fictional interface brands.

The controls explore screen composition, not physical pigment recipes or material measurements. Image rights · Image permissions

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Further reading

About this study

The palette, the materials, and what you can take away.

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