Ricette

Ricette per far ogni sorte di colore, 17^th century (Paduan Manuscript)

Biblioteca universitaria di Padova, Ms. 992. Quoted from: Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises, Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries, of the Arts of Painting, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass; of Gilding, Dyeing, and the Preparation of Colours and Artificial Gems; Preceded by a General Introduction; with Translations, Prefaces, and Notes II, London 1849, pp. 669, 675.

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Per far restare i colori a fresco. – Si devono stemperare con latte, e ciò riesse benissmo, massime ne smalti e smaltini.

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Modo d’ accomodar la calcina per servirsene a fresco. – Piglia calcina viva, e strugila in acqua, poi macinala bene con acqua, e dopo macinata ponila sopra pietra viva, lasciala seccare, e adoprela.

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Edition

Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises, Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries, of the Arts of Painting, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass; of Gilding, Dyeing, and the Preparation of Colours and Artificial Gems; Preceded by a General Introduction; with Translations, Prefaces, and Notes II, London 1849, p. 641–717 (with English translation).