TABLE OF CONTENTS.
C. R. (Charles Robert) Ashbee translation
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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 ix
THE TREATISE ON GOLDSMITHING.
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF NIELLO 7
CHAPTER II. ON FILIGREE WORK 10
CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE ART OF ENAMELLING 15
CHAPTER IV. JEWELLERY 22
CHAPTER V. HOW TO SET A RUBY 24
CHAPTER VI. HOW TO SET AN EMERALD AND A SAPPHIRE 25
CHAPTER VII. HOW TO MAKE FOILS FOR ALL SORTS OF TRANSPARENT JEWELS 28
CHAPTER VIII. ON THE CUTTING OF THE DIAMOND 31
CHAPTER IX. HOW YOU TINT A DIAMOND 35
CHAPTER X. HOW TO GIVE A DIAMOND ITS REFLECTOR 40
CHAPTER XI. ABOUT WHITE RUBIES & CARBUNCLES 42
CHAPTER XII. MINUTERIE WORK 45
CHAPTER XIII. ON CARDINALS’ SEALS 61
CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE STEEL DIES FOR STAMPING COINS 67
CHAPTER XV. ABOUT MEDALS 72
CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE BEFORE-MENTIONED MEDALS ARE STRUCK 75
CHAPTER XVII. ANOTHER WAY OF STRIKING MEDALS WITH THE SCREW 77
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW TO WORK IN LARGE WARE, IN GOLD AND SILVER AND SUCH LIKE 79
CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO BEGIN MAKING A VASE 80
CHAPTER XX. ANOTHER AND A BETTER WAY OF CASTING 81
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 82
CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF GOLD & SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES & VASES, AND ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH OF THE CRAFT CALLED ‘GROSSERIA’ 83
CHAPTER XXIII. ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS 89
CHAPTER XXIV. A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR THINGS 90
CHAPTER XXV. OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER AND GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE 91
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW TO GILD 96
CHAPTER XXVII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS AND COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS 98
CHAPTER XXVIII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER SORT OF GILDING COLOUR 99
CHAPTER XXIX. HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING 100
CHAPTER XXX. HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR GILDING 101
CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER COLOURING 102
CHAPTER XXXII. THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE SAID COLOUR 103
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES 104
CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING, THE OTHER FOR ENGRAVING AND ETCHING 105
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING 106
CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT 107
THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.
CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE 111
CHAPTER II. HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY IS MADE 113
CHAPTER III. ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE UNDER 114
CHAPTER IV. HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES, ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE THINGS 127
CHAPTER V. HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS, OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES 134
CHAPTER VI. OF CARRARA MARBLES 135
CHAPTER VII. A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY GREAT 139
CHAPTER VIII. THE MYSTERY OF MAKING GREAT COLOSSI 141
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 22
Another page of the same 24
King Francis’ Salt, first view 58
King Francis’ Salt, second view 60
Specimens of Cardinals’ Seals 66
Coins and Medals from various collections 68
The South Kensington Breviary and another Cellini attribution 32
A Wax Model for the Perseus 54
The Crucifix in the Escurial 134
The Perseus 114
The Nymph of Fontainebleau 110
DIAGRAMS.
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Diagram illustrating the specchietto for the diamond 40
Diagram illustrating the application of the cire perdue process to seals 64
Diagram illustrating the coniare process of striking medals 76
Diagram illustrating the process of striking medals with the screw 78
Diagram illustrating the process of casting silver 79
Diagram illustrating the rasoio for paring metal 83
Biringoccio’s Furnace from the ‘Pirotechnica’ 133