Chemical and physical analyses of the pigments found in four Cilician manuscripts show a remarkable consistency from manuscript to manuscript. From the mid 13th through the 14th centuries, the palette of this region is most notable for its use of ultramarine as the standard blue pigment and for the lack of a true green pigment. Indications are that the Cilician palette was continuous with that of an earlier tradition dating from the mid 11th century, and that this painting tradition continued with the Lake Van School into the 15th and 16th centuries. See also AATA 21-1449 for reference to book.