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By Mary Philadelphia
Merrifield

Published 1849
John Murray, Albemarle
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918 pages

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Original Treatises, Dating from the XIIth to the XVIIIth Centuries, [o]n the Arts of Painting ...

by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield - 1849 - 918 pages
Pagination is continuous. - With errata.
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Istria - Page 666
Pulverize verdigris, sal ammoniac, and galls of Istria, and put the powder into strong vinegar, and.
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Bologna - Page 850
At first sight it might! be sup[K>sed he had been educated at Bologna, or rather at Rome. Lan says he was never out of Venice, but Meschini » proves ...
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Venice - Page 883
he would characterize that of Venice by merely indicating its singular property of corroding all paintings in a very short space of time. ...
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Pesaro - Page 335
Passeri also (Storia delle Pitture in Majolica fatte in Pesaro e ne' luoghi circonvi-cini) attributes the invention of this art to Luca ; others, ...
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Damascus - Page 335
The colour with which the vases of Majolica and Damascus were painted is also described. These vases were known in Italy in the beginning of the ...
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Tripoli - Page 696
be rubbed very softly with goatskin and with Tripoli powder and oil, when it will be done ; but I warn you that you must follow the recipe exactly. ...
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Padova - Page 850
1 Meschini, della Origine e delle Vicende della Pittura in Padova, p.

Rome - Page 850
It is related " that the Venetian ambassador at Rome, having propt to Maratti to paint a picture for the Sala del Scrutinio, he refused the i ployment ...
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Salerno - Page 605
In this recipe it was recommended to mix the blue pigments employed in fresco painting with milk ; and as A ndrea di Salerno worked with Raffaello, ...

Naples - Page 605
605 Unless, therefore, it can be shown that this recipe was written in the kingdom of Naples, we must suppose that it was written a short time ...
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Florence - Page 605
time resided at Florence, where he decorated the alace and the Chapel of S. Lorenzo. Giovanni died in 1561, or 1564.2 This recipe was communicated by ...
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Paris - Page 759
in oil must be considered as indications of the practice of this art in France, or rather at Paris, during the middle of the seventeenth century. ...
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Genoa - Page 897
At Genoa and Venice goods were weighed either by the peso grosso or the peso sottile. The latter was used for weighing gold, silver, and valu-able ...

Milan - Page 846
Fidanza as having practised this art all his lifetime ; and when I saw him he had been engaged in this employment at Milan for thirty-six years. ...
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Amsterdam - Page 897
100 pounds of the peso sottile of Venice were equal to Gli'tlis commercial pounds of Amsterdam. 100 pounds of the peso grosso = 94'ths of the same ...

Vienna - Page 846
This permission was refused ; but the autho-rities at Vienna, to whom the MS. had been submitted, directed that a copy of it should be made and ...

Rouen - Page 896
At Paris it contained 16 oz.; at Lyons 14 ; at Toulouse and in Provence UH oz. ; and at Rouen 16 J oz. and |ths of the Paris weight. ...

Gradina - Page 907
Gradina, xxviii Grana, 692, 702, 806. See Kermes da Tentori, clxxiv, cccxi 11 Granetus, 28 Granza. See Madder Grapes, Chinese, to extract a colour ...

London - Page 544
1 The word is frequently used by Benvenuto Cellini, who writes it " ciorbatana." Florio (Diet., Ital. and Eng., London, 1598) defines it to.

York - Page 906
York and Lincoln ca-thedrals, Ixxvii ; present of from the Queen of England, in 1153, to the Countess of Braine, ili. ; in the Abbey of S. ...

Cologne - Page 902
Cologne earth, cxxxvi, cxl, ccxxii, ccxcv Colophony, ccxlviii, celi Colore Cardinalesco, 327, 452, 454 n Column* Colore aureo Lombardico, 19? n ...

Marseilles - Page 909
Marseilles, early commerce of, xxiii, cxvi, cxxi; famous for its dyes, cxxi Martino di Giorgio da Mo- dena, xxxi Marzachotta, 335, 536, 537 ...

Udine - Page 914
Udine, 638 and'n. Succinum, ccliv. Succus Sambucis, 36. Succus, 35 and n. herbarnm, 36 Sulphate of zinc, 620. See. Dryers. Sulphur, CXXT ...

Lumina - Page 909
Lumina, 30, 314 Lunardo, Ixii Lustro di rasa, 696 Lutecium Belgicum, clix cix Napolitanum, clU, Roma;, clix Liitum Sapiential, 386 u M. ...

Lombardia - Page 422
and incorporate them well together until the colour becomes a fine green ; let it dry in the shade, and dis-. 1 Probably azzurro de Lombardia, ...
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