[split] Color annotations

[Koen G]

Focusing on the color annotations themselves again, there are some examples in the Italian manuscript Pierre shared in the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., namely near the end on f83v. (Link to MS, I can't figure out how to link to a specific page: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.)

I find them somewhat similar in feel to those in the VM:
   

Marco has managed to figure out the expected colors for these coats of arms. I added his findings to the image below:
   

Apparently, the four corners of the shield with the cross are all red, so these all say "ro" for "rosso", even though some of them look a lot like "to".
The bottom right is the family crest of San Martino You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., so he could derive the expected colors from that. He is not sure exactly how "z" stands for blue, but there are several options.