012v - - - - - Moulding stucco quickly
Grind & pulverize finely brick or Armenian bole or sanguine & incorporate it with melted wax, & thus melted, cast like the others on a relief medal, & thus you will have a cavity where you will be able to cast with plaster, crushed paper or terre chimolee.
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Finely sieved brick is better, because the bole is too fat
Cleaning yellow pearls
Gently boil them in the bouteure of the goldsmith then, with tripoli & a piece of leather, sprinkled on the flesh side with the powder of the said tripoli, rub & polish the pearl.
For whitening enilanroc
Some think that the crust of ceruse color which is natural on top, others say that it is a secret of ancient lapidaries that is lost, others say that it is reheated enamel. And by means of the said crust, multiple ciphers, letters, circles st & other bizarre things can be formed. As for the method, I have practiced thus. Once I wished to give it a layer of arsenic ground on marble. However, I experimented without this, and I put the above said thing, enilanroc, in a small iron casket on the fire of my goldsmith’s forge with three or four small half—burnt coals, and blew only with my mouth. And, however, the thing came to redden & ignite & became all white, not only on its surface but also inside, & at that time I let it cool on its own near the fire, for otherwise, exposing it suddenly to cold air, it would have burst. Once all white, I passed it through my lead wheel of tin, where I found it as hard as before, & uncovering a little white, I found it a fair carnation. Finally, I polished it & saw that it took a very beautiful polish & could be compared to a very beautiful agate for cutting some beautiful face on it & bringing it on the a table of
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