INDEX
Reading edition
Alumina, 47.
Binder, medium used as, 16, 47, 50.
Biscuit, 34-37, 51.
Blunging, 2.
“Bone-dry,” 11.
Brush-case, 74.
Brushes, 47, 51, 52, 70, 71-75;
representations of, 70-72.
Bucchero pottery, technique of, 45.
Building, 4, 26-27, 93-94;
coils, 26;
literary references to, 93-94;
terracotta statuette of man in act of(?), 70;
wooden core for, 93-94.
Calipers, 15, 16, 65.
Carbon, 30, 45;
dioxide, 30;
monoxide, 30.
Centering, 7, 8.
Clay, 1, 20, 40-44;
color of, 1, 3, 45, 54, 55, 58, 87, 88;
component parts of, 1, 88;
ingredients of, 1, 55, 57;
literary references to, 87, 88;
plasticity of, 1, 2, 88;
porosity of, 1, 59, 61, 62;
preparation of, 1, 88;
varieties of, 40;
vitrification of, 1, 29, 30;
washing of, 2, 3.
Color, 36, 54, 58, 59;
accessory, 44;
change of, through firing, 1, 3, 31, 36, 45, 58;
literary references to, see Miltos.
Cones, pyrometric, 35, 36.
Decorating, 35, 39, 42, 44, 51;
ancient representations of, 40, 70-75.
Design, 15;
before or after firing, 37-44;
preliminary, 37, 39, 58, 72.
Draught, 30, 31, 33, 76.
Drying, 10, 21.
Fashioning of vases, 4-29;
literary references to, 89-94.
Finish, 25, 69;
inside, 15;
outer surface, 25;
under handles, 25.
Firing of vases, 3, 29-47, 79;
accidents through, 36, 37, 40, 41, 44-47;
length of, 35, 36;
literary references to, 94-96;
methods of, 34-36;
number of firings, 35, 37, 41, 42, 44;
temperature of, 35;
“twice-fired,” 35, 37, 39.
Foot, 11, 12, 17, 18, 26.
Fuel, 30, 33, 34, 65, 76.
Glaze, 19, 31, 34-36, 39, 47, 57, 58, 61, 62, 65, 74, 78, 86;
application of, 39, 40-44, 47-53, 57, 72;
Athenian, 48-49;
composition of, 47-49;
discoloration of, 45-47;
preparation of, 47;
varieties of, 47;
wearing qualities, 47-49.
Gum tragacanth, 47.
Handles, 19-25, 56, 60, 62;
attachment of, 19, 21, 67, 69;
handmade, 20, 24;
moulded, 20, 28.
Implements, potter’s, 10, 11, 64, 84-86.
Incision of details, 37-39.
Jigger, 11.
Joining, 16-19, 28, 29;
representation of, on pinax(?), 68, 69.
Jolly, 11.
Kiln, 21, 32-37, 41, 44-46, 86;
ancient representations of, 34, 64, 65, 76-78;
literary references to, 89, 94-96;
packing of, 34.
“Lagerringe,” 46.
“Lasur,” see Miltos.
Leather-hard, 10, 16, 25, 37, 39, 40, 44, 50, 51, 58, 65.
Lip, 11, 12, 29, 44, 60.
Metics, as potters, 100;
social standing of, 100.
Miltos, 47, 53-59, 61;
as wash, 58, 59;
laws governing export of, 96, 97;
literary references to, 96-98;
methods of applying, 55-58.
Mortar, for crushing glaze, 74.
Moulding of vases, 20, 24, 27-29.
Moulds, 4, 12, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 86;
material of, 27, 29, 86.
Oven, see Kiln.
Oxidation, 30, 58.
Oxide, 1;
boron, 47;
calcium, 1;
ferric, 30, 31, 45, 46;
ferrous, 30, 31, 45, 46, 49.
Painting, 39, 40, 42, 51, 70-75, 98;
brushes for, 51-53, 70-72, 75.
Paint-pots, 70, 71, 74, 75.
Pinax, 65, 67-69, 73, 75-78.
Plaster, 20, 21, 26, 27, 85.
Polishing, 19, 58;
tools for, 19.
Porosity, 1, 59, 61, 62;
literary reference to, 98.
Potter, 14, 15, 17-19, 25, 27, 31, 40, 44, 47, 54, 55;
ancient representations of, 5, 9, 64-77, 80, 81;
implements of, 10, 11, 64, 84-86;
literary references to, 87-105;
“master potter,” 75, 80;
miscellaneous scenes, 78-84;
shop of, 81, 82;
statues of Greek, 98-100, 102-105;
of Roman, 99, 102;
women as, 71.
Pottery, ancient representations of, 64-70, 75, 77, 78;
literary references to, 87-104.
Proportion, 14, 26, 59.
Pyrometer, 35.
Pyrometric cones, 35, 36.
Red ochre, see Miltos.
Reduction, 30, 31, 45, 46;
partial, 31.
“Relief” lines, 52, 53.
Rivets, 59, 63.
Saggers, 32, 34.
Satyr, stoking oven, 83;
head, to avert evil eye, 64, 65.
Sections, work in, 15-19.
Ship, with pottery, 82, 83.
Shrinkage, 16, 28.
Silicate, 47, 49.
Slip, 2, 11, 16, 19, 21, 27, 28.
Stele, votive, 80, 81;
“master potter,” 80.
Stilts, 34, 85, 86.
Stoking kiln, 65, 76.
Strainer for clay, 2;
for glaze, 74.
Symmetry, Dynamic, 14.
Temperature of firing, 3, 29-32, 35, 36, 55.
Templet, 27.
“Test,” 43, 44.
Throwing, 7-9, 12, 29;
ancient representations of, 65, 66;
in sections, 15-19, 69;
literary references to, 88-91;
to measurements, 9, 14, 15.
Turning, 10-15, 19, 40, 42;
literary references to, 89-92;
tools for, 10-12, 14, 18.
Use of Greek vases, 59-63;
as ornaments, 60, 61;
as practical utensils, 59-63;
as votive offerings, 60.
Vases, Attic, 12, 27-29, 54, 58, 59;
fragility of, 59, 62;
measurements of, 14;
porosity of, 59, 61, 62;
proportions of, 59;
value of, 87, 100, 101;
wearing qualities of, 59, 62.
Vasiliki ware, technique of, 45.
Votive offerings, 60, 67, 68, 73, 75.
Wedging, 2, 3;
literary reference to, 88.
Wheel, 4-9, 27, 29, 51, 54;
ancient representations of, 5, 65-68, 72, 73;
invention of potter’s, 27, 89;
literary references to, 88-91, 97, 103;
types of, 4-6, 91.
Wheel-head, 7, 84, 85.