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Author:

Wheeler, Jo.

Title:

Renaissance secrets, recipes & formulas / Jo Wheeler ; with the assistance of Katy Temple.

Publisher:

Distributed by Harry N. Abrams,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

111 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Art--Technique--Early works to 1800.
Artists' materials.
Cosmetics--Early works to 1800.
Medicine--Early works to 1800.--Early works to 1800.
Cookery--Early works to 1800.

Other Authors:

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-109) and index.

Contents:

Glass & Ceramics -- Cristallo glass -- Cobalt blue -- Lattimo Naples yellow -- Lustre -- Medici porcelain -- How to mould a crayfish -- Cosmetics, soaps & perfumes -- Sweet-smelling soaps -- Barber's soap -- Musk oil -- Hand and lip balm -- hair oil -- Room perfume -- Painting & drawing -- Raphael's glue -- Red lake -- Miniver brushes -- Blue drawing paper -- Restoring picture -- Textiles & clothing -- Venetian scarlet -- Moth repellent -- Stain remover -- Purse strings -- Raising silkworms -- Medicine -- Medicine for lovers -- A charlatan's secret -- A healthy life -- Medici anti-poison oil -- A plague amulet -- Cookery -- Little morsels -- Chicken soup -- Rack of ribs -- Venetian mostarda -- biscuits to excite Venus -- How to sharpen knives -- Sugar sculpture -- Printing & writing -- Perfect writing ink -- Printing ink -- How to cut quills -- Marbled paper.

ISBN:

1851775773
9781851775774

OCLC:

(OCoLC)498964913

LCCN:

2009923082

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)