12326, Trésorier de philosophie naturelle des pierres précieuses, quatrième livre

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Details

Language:

French

Pages:

247 ff.

Library:

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale

Place of edition:

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Date information

Year:

1390?

Starting date:

XIVth (2H.)

End date:

XVth (2H.)

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Origin

The Manuscript MS 12326 of the Bnf was copied in the second half of the XVth century for Pierre Villa, member of the Villa family, hailing from the Piedmontese town of Chieri. His family emblem is visible on the first folio of that manuscript and furthermore an anagram of his name „priere vaille“ appears six times on the same folio. From 107 to 1755 the manuscript was owned by the baron Guillaume-Paschal De Crassier and after his death sold at a public auction, when the manuscript reached the Bibliothèque national in Paris.

Description

This Manuscript is a collection of technical recipes, divided into 73 chapters: Chapter I: melting of crystal Chapter II and L: shape and construction of the oven Chapter III: preparation of glas Chapters IV-XIII: treatment of diffenrent Gemstone, like sapphire, zircon, garnet, topaz, ruby, emerald, diamond and pearls as well Chapter XIV: test for counterfeit gemstones Chapter XV: fabrication of Venetian imitations Chapters XVI-XVII: heating of stones and glas Chapters XVIII, XIX, XLVII: glue for glas or shattered stones Chapters XX-XXXII: cut, polishing and perforation of stones Chapters XXXIII-XLIV, XLVIII and LI: gilding, enamel and painting on glas Chapter XLV: lead mirrors Chapter XLIX: unbreakable glas Chapters LII-LIV: lime, ivory and bone Chapters LV-LXXIII: pigment recipes, several for blue

Content Classification

Artistic contents:

Pigment recipes

Artistic techniques:

Dyeing Glass (making/colouring) Lapidary Ivory Gilding

Other Contents:

Mineralogy

Records

Title	Page(s) in source
De le aournement de poincture en or Chappitre xliiij	229r-v
Des vasseaux de calche vive Chappitre lij	231v-232r
De toutes manieres d 'azeur Chappitre Lv	232v-234v
La facon de fournase pour fondre voyre L	231r-v
La maniere comment on joinct le plonc et desioinct au voire pour faire miroirs.	229v-230r
Pour faire manches de couteaulx et aultres choses fais d 'escarges d 'oef Chappitre liij	232r-v
Comment azeur recouvre sa coleur quant il l'a perdue Chappitre lix	236r-v
De la fazon du fin azeur Chappitre lvij	235v
La fazon du fin azeur Chappitre lviij	236r
La maniere comment on oste I'azeur de paste Chappitre lvj	234v-235v

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