The ceramist's secrets / Dionigi Marmi ; edited by Fausto Berti ; translated with an introductory note by David P. Bénéteau.
By: Marmi, Dionigi
Contributor(s): Berti, Fausto | Bénéteau. David P
Language: English Original language: Italian Publisher: Montelupo Fiorentino : Aedo Editore, c2005.Description: 252 p., xvi plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.ISBN: 8882420884; 9788882420888Uniform titles: Segreti di fornace. English Contained works: Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Manuscript. 473Subject(s): Enamel and enameling -- Italy -- Early works to 1800 | Glazes -- Early works to 1800 | Workshop recipes -- Early works to 1800 | Glass manufacture -- Chemistry -- Early works to 1800
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Translation of a manuscript containing formulas of ceramic enamels, ceramic colors and glass, as well as recipes for the hardening and gilding of metals. This manuscript was transcribed from source documents by Dionigi Marmi between 1636-1674 and is currently housed in the Wellcome Library in London.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-111) and index.