TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN & OBJECT OF THE TREATISES AND OF CELLINI’S POSITION AS CRAFTSMAN AND AUTHOR, BY C. R. ASHBEE |
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THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING.
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INTRODUCTION |
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CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF NIELLO |
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CHAPTER II. ON FILIGREE WORK |
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CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE ART OF ENAMELLING |
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CHAPTER IV. JEWELLERY |
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CHAPTER V. HOW TO SET A RUBY |
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CHAPTER VI. HOW TO SET AN EMERALD AND A SAPPHIRE |
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CHAPTER VII. HOW TO MAKE FOILS FOR ALL SORTS OF TRANSPARENT JEWELS |
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CHAPTER VIII. ON THE CUTTING OF THE DIAMOND |
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CHAPTER IX. HOW YOU TINT A DIAMOND |
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CHAPTER X. HOW TO GIVE A DIAMOND ITS REFLECTOR |
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CHAPTER XI. ABOUT WHITE RUBIES & CARBUNCLES |
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CHAPTER XII. MINUTERIE WORK |
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CHAPTER XIII. ON CARDINALS’ SEALS |
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CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE STEEL DIES FOR STAMPING COINS |
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CHAPTER XV. ABOUT MEDALS |
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CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE BEFORE-MENTIONED MEDALS ARE STRUCK |
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CHAPTER XVII. ANOTHER WAY OF STRIKING MEDALS WITH THE SCREW |
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CHAPTER XVIII. HOW TO WORK IN LARGE WARE, IN GOLD AND SILVER AND SUCH LIKE |
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CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO BEGIN MAKING A VASE |
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CHAPTER XX. ANOTHER AND A BETTER WAY OF CASTING |
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CHAPTER XXI. YET ANOTHER FURNACE. SUCH A ONE AS I MADE IN THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO AT THE TIME OF THE SACK OF ROME |
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CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF GOLD & SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES & VASES, AND ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH OF THE CRAFT CALLED ‘GROSSERIA’ |
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CHAPTER XXIII. ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS |
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CHAPTER XXIV. A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR THINGS |
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CHAPTER XXV. OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER AND GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE |
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CHAPTER XXVI. HOW TO GILD |
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CHAPTER XXVII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS AND COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER SORT OF GILDING COLOUR |
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CHAPTER XXIX. HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING |
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CHAPTER XXX. HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR GILDING |
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CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER COLOURING |
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CHAPTER XXXII. THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE SAID COLOUR |
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CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES |
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CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING, THE OTHER FOR ENGRAVING AND ETCHING |
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CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING |
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CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT |
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THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.
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CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE |
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CHAPTER II. HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY IS MADE |
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CHAPTER III. ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE UNDER |
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CHAPTER IV. HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES, ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE THINGS |
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CHAPTER V. HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS, OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES |
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CHAPTER VI. OF CARRARA MARBLES |
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CHAPTER VII. A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY GREAT |
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CHAPTER VIII. THE MYSTERY OF MAKING GREAT COLOSSI |
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A GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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A page of reputed Cellini Jewellery |
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Another page of the same |
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King Francis’ Salt, first view |
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King Francis’ Salt, second view |
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Specimens of Cardinals’ Seals |
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Coins and Medals from various collections |
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The South Kensington Breviary and another Cellini attribution |
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A Wax Model for the Perseus |
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The Crucifix in the Escurial |
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The Perseus |
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The Nymph of Fontainebleau |
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DIAGRAMS.
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Diagram illustrating the specchietto for the diamond |
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| Diagram illustrating the application of the cire perdue process to seals |
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| Diagram illustrating the coniare process of striking medals |
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| Diagram illustrating the process of striking medals with the screw |
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| Diagram illustrating the process of casting silver |
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Diagram illustrating the rasoio for paring metal |
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Biringoccio’s Furnace from the ‘Pirotechnica’ |
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