“Types of black and shadow colours: […] spruce resin black. […] Of these I use and [consider] suitable, burnt spruce resin black, …” Cooper the Younger. 1634. In De Mayerne Manuscript, MS 2052 BL, fol. 79v. (https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=sloane_ms_2052_f079v)  Berger translates Pinatrj as Fichtenharzschwarz, spruce resin black, which is why this recipe appears here. Berger. 1901. Beiträge Zur Entwicklungs-Geschichte Der Maltechnik: p. 243, 245 https://digitalesammlungen.uni-weimar.de/viewer/object/PPN626184924/6/.